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DOI 10.2172/5249028
Title Nuclear energy at the turning point
Creator/Author Weinberg, A.M.
Publication Date1977 Jul 01
OSTI IdentifierOSTI ID: 5249028
Report Number(s)ORAU/IEA(O)-77-19
DOE Contract NumberEY-76-C-05-0033
Resource TypeTechnical Report
Research OrgInstitute for Energy Analysis, Oak Ridge, Tenn. (USA)
Subject29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY; 21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; 98 NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, SAFEGUARDS, AND PHYSICAL PROTECTION; BREEDER REACTORS; DECISION MAKING; NUCLEAR POWER; SOLAR ENERGY; COST; ENERGY SOURCE DEVELOPMENT; FUEL SUBSTITUTION; IAEA; INSPECTION; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; NUCLEAR PARKS; PERSONNEL; PROLIFERATION; SAFETY; ENERGY; ENERGY PARKS; ENERGY SOURCES; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; POWER; REACTORS; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
Description/AbstractIn deciding the future course of nuclear energy, it is necessary to re-examine man's long-term energy options, in particular solar energy and the breeder reactor. Both systems pose difficultiies: energy from the sun is likely to be expensive as well as limited, whereas a massive world-wide deployment of nuclear breeders will create problems of safety and of proliferation. Nuclear energy's long-term success depends on resolving both of these problems. Collocation of nuclear facilities with a system of resident inspectors are measures that ought to help increase the proliferation-resistance as well as the safety of a large-scale, long-term nuclear system based on breeders. In such a long-term system a strengthened International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is viewed as playing a central role.
Country of PublicationUnited States
LanguageEnglish
FormatMedium: ED; Size: Pages: 27
AvailabilityDep. NTIS, PC A03/MF A01.
System Entry Date2008 Feb 06

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