Future energy system in environment, economy, and energy problems (1) nuclear system as a solution to the E{sup 3} tri-lemma
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Yokohama, 220-8401 (Japan)
- Research Laboratory for Nuclear Reactors, Tokyo Institute of Technology (Japan)
World energy demand is projected to double or triple by the turn of the 21. century. Particularly in developing countries, global warming is emerging as a serious issue. It makes the harmonization of energy, environment, and economy an urgent and major task for mankind. An optimization analysis has shown that the non-nuclear scenario will drive up the average electric power generation cost to 88-122 mills/kWh in 2100. The FBR-LWR scenario will hold the regional generation cost within the range of between 49 and 57 mills/kWh, while the non-nuclear scenario will inflate it. Taking reprocessing capacity and flat investment of plant into account and comparing the introduction terms of FBR from 2030 to 2070, a decade delay of FBR commercialization is found to reduce nuclear energy for the end of this century by 12-13%. As nuclear energy is the only proven and capable carbon-free energy source today, we should renew our recognition that Pu recycling option can make it sustainable and a growing number of countries should take the option effectively in the 21. century. (authors)
- Research Organization:
- American Nuclear Society, 555 North Kensington Avenue, La Grange Park, IL 60526 (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 21021066
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 2006 International congress on advances in nuclear power plants - ICAPP'06, Reno - Nevada (United States), 4-8 Jun 2006; Other Information: Country of input: France; 13 refs; Related Information: In: Proceedings of the 2006 international congress on advances in nuclear power plants - ICAPP'06, 2734 pages.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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