Nuclear power and energy policy: the limits to governance

Power delivery has become more dissimilar with that of the previous era. Conventional power and energy materials, such as relic fuels, nuclear power, and renewable energy (solar power, geothermal, hydroelectric, wind power, and biomass), are already present. The energy network operation becomes complicated because the integration of power generation, energy conversion, power transportation, and power utilization should be considered. There is an intricate assignment for us to perform swift power transmission for the extremely urgent situations. These situations are the results of regional lack of energy that needs to be brought back as soon as possible. Advanced supercomputing has already been one of the powerful solutions to work out these issues. This chapter initially presents an introduction of some of the supercomputing techniques and then the potential applications and demonstration examples follow to give the readers some hint on the handling of energy network operation.

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The weak data on the water–energy nexus in Spain

Water Policy ◽

10.2166/wp.2019.081 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 21 (2) ◽

pp. 382-393 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Diego Sesma-Martín ◽

M. d. Mar Rubio-Varas

Keyword(s):

Water Supply ◽

Energy Policy ◽

Electricity Generation ◽

Nuclear Power ◽

Power Plants ◽

Policy Instruments ◽

Policy Agenda ◽

Sources Of Information ◽

Water Energy Nexus ◽

Striking Fact

Abstract This paper focuses on the fact that the water–energy nexus remains an irrelevant issue on the energy policy agenda and on the priorities of the energy leaders in Spain. This is a striking fact given that this takes place in the most arid country in Europe, where almost two-thirds of electricity generation would have to be halted in the absence of an adequate water supply. We contend that part of the explanation may lie in the lack of official statistics and inconsistent sources of information on the water–energy nexus in Spain. To illustrate this point, we provide examples of the uneven data available for one of the most intensive freshwater users in the thermoelectric sector in Spain: nuclear power plants. Our research demonstrates the need for improved indicators as policy instruments in the water–energy nexus in Spain since it is impossible to improve what cannot be measured.

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Nuclear Waste Management, Nuclear Power, and Energy Choices

10.1007/978-1-4471-4231-7 ◽

2013 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Michael Greenberg

Keyword(s):

Waste Management ◽

Nuclear Waste ◽

Nuclear Power ◽

Nuclear Waste Management ◽

Power And Energy

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Energy in the 1980s - Looking Ahead

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Mathematical and Physical Sciences ◽

10.1098/rsta.1974.0043 ◽

1974 ◽

Vol 276 (1261) ◽

pp. 611-620 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Keyword(s):

Policy Making ◽

Nuclear Power ◽

Great Difficulty ◽

Coal Industry ◽

Rapid Progress ◽

The North ◽

Construction Firm ◽

Full Production ◽

The North Sea ◽

Power And Energy

I have the challenging task of summing up in a notional twenty minutes this fascinating two day Discussion Meeting. First I will say something about the trends which have emerged from the papers and discussion. We began with the Secretary of State, who gave us a thoughtful paper showing a full recognition of the realities which constrain any power and energy policy. He told us that ‘ all energy predictions are wrong because of the great difficulty in predicting the demands and supplies’. He instanced this by saying that no one foresaw the North Sea development or the rapid progress with the breeder reactor, and went on to remind us that the balance between fuel sources may alter radically. So, from a policy-making angle we must have a flexible programme. He stressed the need to re-vitalize the coal industry, but warned us that new collieries take many years to bring in to production - as for instance, the 8-10 years for full production from the new Selby colliery. Turning to the problems of the nuclear power programme he suggested that we would be moving to a situation where development was more international than hitherto. Having begun with several nuclear consortia, we now had a single national design and construction firm with the resources needed for operating on a world scale.

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