Trends towards sustainability in the nuclear fuel cycle
Interest in expanding nuclear power to cope with rising demand for energy and potential climate change places increased attention on the nuclear fuel cycle and whether significant moves are being taken towards ensuring sustainability over the long term. Future nuclear power programme decisions will...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Paris :
Nuclear Energy Agency, OECD
2011.
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| Colección: | Nuclear development.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009706144906719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Executive summary""; ""Table of contents""; ""1. Introduction""; ""1.1. Introduction""; ""1.2. Summary of the previous report""; ""1.3. International initiatives with a focus on sustainability""; ""1.4. Sustainability elements for the nuclear fuel cycle""; ""References""; ""2. The nuclear fuel cycle in perspective ""; ""2.1. Introduction""; ""2.2. World energy and electricity demand""; ""2.3. The benefits of nuclear power""; ""2.4. The challenges to nuclear power expansion""; ""2.5. The nuclear fuel cycle: an overview""
- ""2.6. The nuclear fuel cycle: front end""""2.7. The nuclear fuel cycle: irradiation stage � reactor operations""; ""2.8. The nuclear fuel cycle: back end""; ""2.9. The nuclear fuel cycle: future developments ""; ""References""; ""3. Technical progress""; ""3.1. Introduction""; ""3.2. Evolution trends in the current fuel cycle""; ""3.3. The longer-term future, options and R&D trends""; ""References""; ""4. Progress towards sustainability: technology, policy and international trends""; ""4.1. Sustainability of trends in nuclear fuel cycles""
- ""4.2. Trends in countries and global efforts for nuclear fuel cycle developments """"4.3. Comments on policies""; ""References""; ""5. Conclusions and recommendations""; ""5.1. Evolutionary trends ""; ""5.2. Advanced fuel cycles""; ""References""; ""Annex 1. List of experts""; ""Annex 2. Acronyms""
