Environment and Nuclear Energy

✍ Scribed by Behram N. Kursunoglu (auth.), Behram N. Kursunoglu, Stephan L. Mintz, Arnold Perlmutter (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 240
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Developed from the Global Foundation's International Conference on Environment and Nuclear Energy, held in October 1997, this volume examines the impact of nuclear energy on regional and global environmental issues under a variety of scenarios. These include competition in deregulated energy environments, constraints levied upon use of fossil energy, and possible expansion of nuclear power into energy sectors beyond the generation of electricity, process heat, and fuels production. It also assesses the overall role of nuclear energy in meeting future energy needs arising from growing world populations and economic development.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
A Brief Report on Global Foundation’s 20 th Energy Conference....Pages 1-3
Presentations on the International Conference on Environment and Nuclear Energy....Pages 5-27
Summary Remarks: Discussions During the Conclusion of the Conference....Pages 29-30
Front Matter....Pages 31-31
Energy Alternatives and Global Warming in the 21st Century....Pages 33-38
The Need for Nuclear Power....Pages 39-41
New Directions in the Development of Nuclear Power....Pages 43-45
Nuclear Energy for the Third Millennium....Pages 47-52
Nuclear Energy, Past, Present, and Future....Pages 53-56
Front Matter....Pages 57-57
The Role of Nuclear Energy in Mitigating Greenhouse Warming....Pages 59-89
Prospects of and Requirements for Nuclear Power as a Contributor Toward Managing Greenhouse Gases....Pages 91-102
Principles of Quality for Nuclear Technology: Essential for Sustainable Energy at Reasonable Costs in a Clean Environment....Pages 103-117
Sustainable Development of Energy Supply....Pages 119-128
The Importance of Nuclear Energy to Sustainable Development....Pages 129-134
Nuclear Power as a Business: Financing the Nuclear Renaissance....Pages 135-138
Nuclear Fusion, World Environment, and the Energy Problem: The Path of Minimum Risk....Pages 139-153
Characterization and Inventories of Nuclear Materials and Wastes for Possible Future Energy Scenarios....Pages 155-161
Front Matter....Pages 163-163
Reducing CO 2 Emissions: Toward a Sustainable Energy Mix....Pages 165-181
International Nuclear Utility....Pages 183-186
Integral Assessment of Energy Systems....Pages 187-216
Legislative Framework Necessary for the Successful Reemergence of the Nuclear Industry....Pages 217-220
Front Matter....Pages 221-221
The Predicted Demise of U.S. Nuclear Power Can We Save it for Our Future Welfare?....Pages 223-224
Environment, Nuclear Energy, and Public Perception....Pages 225-230
Overregullation and Other Problems of Nuclear Power....Pages 231-236
Back Matter....Pages 237-238

✦ Subjects

Environment, general;Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons;Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering;Electrical Engineering;Nuclear Engineering