Papers included are: Issues affecting the viability and acceptability of nuclear power usage in the United States; The future of conventional nuclear power: nuclear reactor regulation; Nuclear reactor regulation and nuclear reactor safety; Case studies ...

The nuclear option is in danger of being foreclosed. The trend toward antinuclearism may be reversed if concerns about low-level radiation insult can be shown ultimately to be without foundation; evidence for this speculation is presented. Nevertheless it is suggested that the nuclear enterprise itself must propose new initiatives to increase the ...

What will make an acceptable future for nuclear power. We believe there are four elements: the power must be needed. The plants must be safe. The power must be economical. The disposal of nuclear waste must be assured. And, above all, the public must beli...

The future projected in the Project Independence Report calls heavily on nuclear energy. Validating the nuclear option will require technology improvement and implementation of new policy. But of all the issues that might compromise nuclear energy the most important now appears to be the public ...

Separate abstracts were prepared for the presentations in this publication. Topics include: international nuclear cooperation; political, economic, and public acceptance factors influencing the future of nuclear power; contributions of nuclear fission; and the international fuel cycle.

Improvements of safety and performance in nuclear facilities are important to the future of the world's nuclear power programs. Methods of enhancing safety are vital because of tenuous public acceptance of nuclear power following past accidents. Improved ...

This brief article provides an overview of the status and future of nuclear power complete with charts and a photographs. It describes the plans of India and China to build nuclear reactors as well as an increased acceptance of nuclear power as an energy source in the United States.

A preliminary assessment is made of the potential role of actinide burning and the Integral Fast Reactor (IFR) in the future of nuclear power. The development of a usable actinide burning strategy could be an important factor in the acceptance and impleme...

Achieving public acceptance has become a central issue in discussions regarding the future of nuclear power and associated nuclear activities. Effective public communication and public participation are often put forward as the key building blocks in garn...

Presentations were made on institutional experiences at Nuclear Fuel Services, the framework for an acceptable nuclear future, the Price-Anderson Indemnity Act, Congress and nuclear energy policy, human dimension, and risk perception. The supplemental testimony and materials submitted for the ...

Recent events are again raising some old issues and creating new opportunities regarding the future disposition of the used, or spent, fuel from nuclear power plants. Handling these challenges well will not only help set the stage for a robust nuclear energy future, but will reflect the growing linkages among ...

Public misconceptions about nuclear power and the inability to separate nuclear power plants from atomic bombs persists. The fear which is generated over plant accidents and the sensational reporting by the media have made the public fearful and opposed to nuclear power. A rational weighing of nuclear risks should ...

... Title : Nuclear Science: DOE's Acceptance of Academy of ... FUSION, LASER APPLICATIONS, PARTICLE BEAMS, CONFINEMENT(NUCLEAR ...

This book examines nuclear power in terms of current (2008) international growth, economic viability, public acceptance, fuel cycle issues (and their political and economic implications), and future constraints and opportunities. Author Steve Kidd, Director of Strategy and Research at the World Nuclear Association, ...

Concerns over the accumulation of nuclear wastes from various sources are reviewed. Certain questions concerning acceptable radiation risks are raised. Various options for the permanent storage of wastes are surveyed, and the question of whether storage for possible future use or disposal has the greater merit is discussed. Some ...

In the future, if the nuclear nonproliferation and arms control agendas are to advance, they will likely become increasingly seen as parallel undertakings with the objective of cradle-to-grave controls over nuclear warheads and/or materials. The pursuit of such an agenda was difficult enough at the outset of the ...

... SOUTH ASIA AND THE NUCLEAR FUTURE: RETHINKING THE CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION ...

The nuclear energy is attracting renewed interest of public and policy makers due to his potential role in long term strategies aiming to reduce the risk of global warming and in a more general, to carry out sustainable policies, however, any project of nuclear nature arise concerns about the risks associated with the release of radioactivity during ...

The recent rise of oil and gasoline prices accompanied by reluctant acknowledgement that traditional sources of energy are limited has renewed public interest in renewable energy sources. This perspective on energy is focusing attention on and facilitating acceptance of alternative energy concepts, such as solar, wind, and biomass. The nuclear energy ...

Broad public acceptability is a necessary condition for the future success of nuclear power in the US and will be determined by the way the public perceives nuclear power - specifically, through nuclear power's metaphoric equivalences. A content analysis of a cross section of the ...

This Academy Forum focuses on three main questions: (1) What are the risks in the operation of nuclear reactors, and what is the probability that each of these risks will occur. (2) What criteria are available for judging the acceptability of risks in a nuclear reactor accident, and how do they compare with alternate societal ...

The future of nuclear power use depends largely on the success of efforts to develop an acceptable radioactive waste management strategy. Proposed radioactive waste treatment alternatives include: waste storage and disposal in geologic formations; reprocessing of spent fuel; and recycling of wastes for manufacturing purposes. ...

The extraction of neutrino oscillation parameters requires the determination of the neutrino energy from observations of the hadronic final state. The use of nuclear targets then requires the use of event generators to isolate the interesting elementary processes and to take experimental acceptances into account. In this talk I briefly summarize the ...

Improvements of safety and performance in nuclear facilities are important to the future of the world's nuclear power programs. Methods of enhancing safety are vital because of tenuous public acceptance of nuclear power following past accidents. Improved plant performance is critical ...

The world future for nuclear power is even now being formed by policies and decisions of many governments and international organizations. Congressman McCormack looks to the United States for revived and stronger leadership in strengthening the web of institutions and international relations to permit the world to reap the benefits of ...

Written by a United States senator from New Mexico with two coauthors, this book advocates appropriate use of nuclear power to address the world�s current need for energy. After a short autobiographical chapter, the senator discusses current issues associated with nuclear power that include proliferation, waste management, safety and security, public ...

Recent studies indicate that the general public will accept existing nuclear power plants, but there is a lack of acceptance for any new nuclear power plants. This paper discusses the need for effective marketing in the nuclear industry.

The MAGNEX large-acceptance spectrometer was commissioned with beams from the LNS Tandem. First results of physical interest are presented. The obtained 10{sup -3} energy resolution confirms the ambitious characteristic of the calculations and allows considering the instrument as an ideal tool for future studies in the field of nuclear ...

The nuclear energy center (NEC) concept is an approach to siting wherein nuclear facilities would be clustered in and delimited to a relatively small number of locations throughout the United States. These designated centers would be concurrently developed to their full capability over several decades, at which time, they would be several times larger than ...

Published in 1971, before the existence of the Israeli nuclear program was widely accepted, this book analyzes Israel�s nuclear capabilities and assesses the potential for the country to produce an atomic bomb from its civilian nuclear operations. By evaluating the role that nuclear weapons ...

The IAEA is part of a larger picture conducive to non-proliferation. The IAEA helps to set and maintain an environment in which the vast number of States advocate nonproliferation and allow and cooperate with inspections in loco and in which individual States do not advocate acquiring nuclear weapons. This international norm of behaviour with respect to non-proliferation ...

This paper approaches the choice between the open and closed nuclear fuel cycles as a matter of intergenerational justice, by revealing the value conflicts in the production of nuclear energy. The closed fuel cycle improve sustainability in terms of the supply certainty of uranium and involves less long-term radiological risks and proliferation concerns. ...

This paper approaches the choice between the open and closed nuclear fuel cycles as a matter of intergenerational justice, by revealing the value conflicts in the production of nuclear energy. The closed fuel cycle improve sustainability in terms of the supply certainty of uranium and involves less long-term radiological risks and proliferation concerns. ...

Three types of coaxial cables were tested, inclnding a silicone rubber dielectric, a low-pressure polyethylene dielectric, and an irradiated polyethylene dielectric. The rubber cable was least affected by temperature changes and withstood the highest anrbient temperature without destructive effects. The leakage of current, however, was too high to be considered for use in ...

The physics program and the requirements for large acceptance detectors in electromagnetic nuclear physics are discussed. As a specific example, the CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer is presented.

The development of radiation protection programs involves risk assessment, selection of acceptable risk levels, and risk management to ensure that those levels are attained. While much of this process is scientific in nature, the selection of acceptable risk levels has a philosophical aspect in that it requires value judgments in weighing risk against cost ...

This paper describes the role of standardized test methods in demonstrating the acceptability of high-level waste (HLW) forms for disposal. Key waste acceptance tests are standardized by the Materials Characterization Center (MCC), which the US Department of Energy (DOE) has established as the central agency in the United States for the standardization of ...

The SAVANNAH (1) Demonstrated that a nuclear merchant ship can operate safely and reliably in a regularly scheduled service. (2) Developed the framework for acceptance and entry and opened new ports to any future nuclear ships. (3) Demonstrated a favorabl...

This paper briefly reviews current aspects of radioactive waste disposal techniques and transportation. Addressed are high-level and low-level radioactive wastes, interim spent fuel storage and transportation. The waste options being explored by DOE are listed. Problems of public acceptance will be more difficult to overcome than technical problems. (DMC)

Efforts on waste transmutation are coordinated in a research programme called RAS. One of the aims of this RAS program is to inform the public and advise the authorities on methods for transmutation/conditioning of nuclear waste, and on techniques which are being developed. Such new procedures for the treatment of waste should of course not lead to significant risks for the ...

Article VII, paragraphs 8 and 14, of the inspection protocol of the INF Treaty between the US and the USSR provides for the use of radiation detection devices as a verification tool. That is, the Treaty allows the parties to measure the radiation from the radioactive components of nuclear weapons in order to verify that the inspected party is complying with the Treaty. This is ...

For non-reactor nuclear facilities, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) does not require that nuclear criticality safety engineers demonstrate qualification for their job. It is likely, however, that more formalism will be required in the future. Current DOE requirements for those positions which do have to demonstrate qualification ...

Procedures accepted to NRC for validating calculational methods for nuclear criticality safety are presented.

In a modern futures market, standardized contracts for future delivery of a commodity are traded through an exchange that establishes contract terms and the rules of trading. The futures contract itself is simply an agreement between a buyer and a seller in which the seller is obligated to deliver and the buyer is obligated to ...

Mechanisms of radiation damage of construction materials in nuclear engineering and progress in developing radiation-resistant materials for the present and future generation nuclear reactors are reported. The analysis of the present state and of the perspectives toward a solution of the problem show that, in spite of the considerable ...

An account of nuclear power as a future source of energy in the economic and industrial development of Pakistan is given. (auth)

This report assesses the future of nuclear power in the U.S. and how the technology and institutions might be changed to reduce the problems now besetting the nuclear option. The future of nuclear power poses a complex dilemma to policymakers. It has advantages that may prove crucial to the ...

This report highlights developments as of 2005 in uranium exploration, mining, and environmental programs as they relate to the nuclear power industry. It presents a positive perspective on nuclear power as a future source of electricity and indicates the need for more uranium exploration and mining to meet future ...

An evaluation is made of the future of commercial nuclear power. The conclusion is that not before 1965 will nuclear electric power be competitive. (JSR.)

Part of a global effort, this brochure was written to increase understanding of the threat nuclear war poses to children. Several issues are raised and briefly discussed, including (1) the present capacity for annihilating the next generation or ending human life on this planet, (2) the inadequacy of deterrence, (3) the suffering of children after the use of ...

Public support for nuclear power has declined greatly, driven by a number of powerful forces and events. Numerous studies have demonstrated the public`s extreme perceptions of risk and negative attitudes regarding nuclear power. This negativity is remarkable in light of the confidence most technical analysts have regarding the safety of this technology. ...

The present nuclear era is drawing to a close. Unit 1 of the Washington Public Power Supply System was indefinitely, perhaps permanently, deferred even though it was 60% complete and $2.1 billion had been invested. This plant and others such as Zimmer and Marble Hill epitomize the difficulties facing the nuclear industry. It is important to remember, ...

The arena of operation of the internationally monitored retrievable storage system (IMRSS) regime-storage of spent fuel from nuclear power generation and, where required, of plutonium within the civil domain is one of the most complex within the energy field. It impinges on matters as diverse as the nonproliferation regime, the longer term future of ...

Nuclear reactor regulation is discussed in the light of institutional and technological changes and analytical tools for failure and risk analysis. It is suggested that distinctions be drawn between higher risk and lower risk reactor operations and that lower-risk operations be afforded more autonomy. Discussion of public acceptability emphasized political ...

There will be growing demands for energy in the coming decades. One aspect of particular importance is that prospects for nuclear energy will to a considerable extent be influenced by developing countries. Since population growth will occur primarily in developing countries nuclear energy cannot play a significant global role without being a viable option ...

Information on public opinion of nuclear power plants and safety aspects of nuclear reactors is presented under the following headings: technical fixes (the borgiving reactor); non-technical approaches (the importance of learning); the relation between nuclear war and nuclear reactors; and fears and public ...

... a Nuclear Reactor, Nuclear Reactor Materials, and Nuclear Fusion Reactors; Nuclear Energy ... and The Soviet Icebreaker Lenin; The Prospects ...

In keeping with the 12-year history of this conference, GLOBAL 2007 focuses on future nuclear energy systems and fuel cycles. With the increasing public acceptance and political endorsement of nuclear energy, it is a pivotal time for nuclear energy research. Significant advances have been made ...

This article examines the future of nuclear power beyond the year 2000. The nuclear industry just celebrated 50 years of nuclear technology, but no new plants have been ordered in the US since 1978 and some European countries are giving up on the nuclear option. This article discusses the four ...

The Energy Information Administration (EIA) of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) administers the Nuclear Fuel Data Survey, Form RW-859. This form is used to collect data on fuel assemblies irradiated at commercial nuclear reactors operating in the United States, and the current inventories and storage capacities of those reactors. These data are ...

The Energy Information Administration (EIA) of the US Department of Energy (DOE) administers the Nuclear Fuel Data survey, Form RW-859, which collects data on every fuel assembly irradiated in commercial nuclear reactors operating in the United States, as well as current inventories and storage capacities of those reactors. These data are considered in the ...

Nuclear power owes its origin to physicists. Fission was demonstrated by physicists and chemists and the first nuclear reactor project was led by physicists. However as nuclear power was harnessed to produce electricity the role of the engineer became stronger. Modern nuclear power reactors bring together the ...

This panel session at the 2009 Annual Meeting involved a discussion of views of government, industry, and national research laboratory members on the primary future goals in developing advanced nuclear reactor and nuclear fuel cycle designs, fuel management, and used fuel disposal options. The session at the 2009 NCRP Annual Meeting on ...

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... THE FUTURE OF US NUCLEAR FORCES: BOOM OR BUST? by ... 4. TITLE AND SUBTITLE Future of US Nuclear Forces Boom or Bust? 5a. ...

... Accession Number : ADA363390. Title : Building and Maintaining Public Acceptance of and Political Support for the Military of the Future. ...

The history of atomic power is reviewed from the first chain reaction in Chicago in 1942 to the worst-to-date accident at the Three Mile Island power plant in March, 1979. While media coverage during the Three Mile Island incident made the public aware of some reactor hardware and radiation hazards, Weinberg suggests that an acceptable nuclear ...

The legacy of radiation exposures confronting man arises from two historical sources of energy, the sun and radioactive decay. Contemporary man continues to be dependent on these two energy sources, which include the nuclear fuel cycle. Radiation exposures from all energy sources should be examined, with particular emphasis on the nuclear fuel cycle, ...

A preliminary assessment is made of the potential role of actinide burning and the Integral Fast Reactor (IFR) in the future of nuclear power. The development of a usable actinide burning strategy could be an important factor in the acceptance and implementation of a next generation of nuclear power. First, the ...

The use of energy in world history is reviewed, and alternative energy futures are assessed. The eras of wood and coal energy belong to the past, and the present energy crisis indicates that the era of oil energy is coming to an end. Possible modes of meeting the energy need of the future are briefly assessed, including wind power, biomass energy ...

The condensed proceedings are arranged in the following sections: (1) general issues, (2) long range issues, (3) regulatory and institutional issues, (4) near-term issues, and (5) a general discussion and summary of the workshop.

Contents: Nuclear Energy and Nuclear Reactors; Nuclear Energy as a New Power Source for Naval Propulsion, Nuclear Fission, Nuclear Fusion, Nuclear Reactors, Mode of Operation of a Nuclear Reactor, Nuclear Reactor Materials, and ...

The widely accepted model of our cosmos is that it began from a Big Bang event some 13.7 billion years ago from a single point source. From a twin universe perspective, the standard stellar model of nuclear fusion can account for the Dark Energy needed to explain the mechanism for our present-day accelerated expansion. The same theories can also be used to ...

The widely accepted model of our cosmos is that it began from a Big Bang event some 13.7 billion years ago from a single point source. From a twin universe perspective, the standard stellar model of nuclear fusion can account for the Dark Energy needed to explain the mechanism for our present-day accelerated expansion. The same theories can also be used to ...

The concept and the status of the cooler-synchrotron COSY under study at the Institute for Nuclear Physics of the KFA Juelich are presented. This storage ring with phase space cooling and RF acceleration is designed to accept light ions injected from the existing cyclotron JULIC or protons from the LINAC of the proposed neutron spallation source (SNQ). The ...

Procedures accepted to NRC for validating calculational methods for nuclear criticality safety are presented.

... and INEVITABLE: A COMPREHENSIVE TEST BAN TREATY ... nuclear weapons testing will be banned. Accepting this argument ...

... accepting the rhetoric of hate speech, the United ... continue to monitor the speeches and analyze ... of Iran overtly initiating a nuclear holocaust in order ...

... The study includes density determinations by conventional methods, density by nuclear methods and a review of literature. ...

In April 1989, the State Legislative Leaders Foundation and Arizona State University presented a national program, Energy Strategies for the 21st Century. Participants included state legislative leaders and key committee chairs from across the nation. The purpose of this program was to give legislative leaders an opportunity to examine and discuss many of the critical issues that will shape ...

The Structural Aging Program provides the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission with potential structural safety issues and acceptance criteria for use in continued service assessments of nuclear power plant safety-related concrete structures. The program was organized under four task areas: Program Management, Materials Property Data Base, ...

The existing sensor systems for the basic process parameters in nuclear power plant operation have limitations with respect to accuracy, ease of maintenance and signal processing. These limitations comprise the economy of nuclear power generation. To reduce the costs and improve performance of nuclear power plant fabrication, ...

Nuclear power is currently making an important contribution to our energy requirements. It provides 17% of the world's electricity today --- almost 20% in the US. Reducing the emissions of carbon dioxide over the next 30 to 50 years sufficiently to address the issue of global warming can only be accomplished by a combination of much improved energy efficiency, ...

What will make an acceptable future for nuclear power. We believe there are four elements: the power must be needed. The plants must be safe. The power must be economical. The disposal of nuclear waste must be assured. And, above all, the public must believe all four are true. We have completed a study in the State ...

The energy problem is one of cost; i.e., the financial costs of developing resources and the real costs of maintaining an acceptable environmental quality. In forecasting the future of global energy production and use, the authors examine alternative means of producing and transforming energy (including nuclear and solar power, shale ...

The kind of future European security system--and future Europe--that will develop in the proximate future will be a resultant of three main forces. It must be acceptable to Europeans, it must gain substantial acceptance by the United States, and it must n...