Nuclear energy at the turning point
In 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.
- Research Organization:
- Institute for Energy Analysis, Oak Ridge, Tenn. (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- EY-76-C-05-0033
- OSTI ID:
- 5249028
- Report Number(s):
- ORAU/IEA(O)-77-19; TRN: 78-003852
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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