scholarly journals Basic Research Needs for Advanced Nuclear Systems. Report of the Basic Energy Sciences Workshop on Basic Research Needs for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems, July 31-August 3, 2006

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Roberto ◽  
T. Diaz de la Rubia ◽  
R. Gibala ◽  
S. Zinkle ◽  
J.R. Miller ◽  
...  
JOM ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 59 (4) ◽  
pp. 16-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
James B. Roberto ◽  
Tomas Diaz de la Rubia

2020 ◽  
Vol 246 ◽  
pp. 00011
Author(s):  
R. Caciuffo ◽  
C. Fazio ◽  
C. Guet

In this paper, we provide a concise description of the six nuclear reactor concepts that are under development in the framework of the Generation-IV International Forum. After a brief introduction on the world energy needs, its plausible evolution during the next fifty years, and the constraints imposed by the necessity to address the climate challenges we are facing today, we will present the main features of the innovative nuclear energy systems that hold the promise to produce almost-zero-carbon-emission electricity, heat for chemistry and industrial manufacturing, hydrogen to be used as energy vector, and affordable freshwater. Potential advantages over currently available nuclear systems in terms of increased safety, reduced proliferation risks, economical affordability, sustainability of the fuel cycle, and management of the waste inventory will be critically discussed against the technical challenges that remain to be overcome.


2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelly Beierschmitt ◽  
Michelle Buchanan ◽  
Aurora Clark ◽  
Ian Robertson ◽  
Phillip Britt ◽  
...  

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. J. DePaolo ◽  
F. M. Orr ◽  
S. M. Benson ◽  
M. Celia ◽  
A. Felmy ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
M. Carreter ◽  
M. Gray ◽  
E. Falck ◽  
A. Bonne ◽  
M. Bell

The objective of the International Project on Innovative Nuclear Reactors and Fuel Cycles (INPRO) is to support the safe, sustainable, economic and proliferation resistant use of nuclear technology to meet the needs of the 21st century. The first part of the project focusses on the development of an understanding of the requirements of possible users of innovative concepts for reactors and fuel cycle applications. This paper reports progress made on the identification of user requirements as they relate to the environment and environmental protection. The user requirements being formulated are intended to limit adverse environmental effects from the different facilities involved in the nuclear fuel cycles to be well below maximum acceptable levels. To determine if the user requirements are met, it is necessary to identify those factors that are relevant to assessment of the environmental performance of innovative nuclear systems. To this effect, Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and the Material Flow accounting (MFA) methodologies are being appraised for the suitability for application. This paper develops and provides the rationale for the “users’ requirements” as they are currently defined. Existing Environmental Impact Assessment and Materials Flow Accounting methodologies that can be applied to determine whether or not innovative technologies conform to the User Requirements are briefly described. It is concluded that after establishing fundamental principles, it is possible to formulate sets of general and specific users’ requirements against which, the potential adverse environmental effects to be expected from innovative nuclear energy systems (INES) can be assessed. The application of these users’ requirements should keep the adverse environmental effects from INES’s within acceptable limits.


Science ◽  
1985 ◽  
Vol 227 (4693) ◽  
pp. 1446-1446
Author(s):  
M. SUN

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