| Title |
Nuclear power in the 21st century: Challenges and possibilities
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Ambio, December 2015
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| DOI | 10.1007/s13280-015-0732-y |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Akos Horvath, Elisabeth Rachlew |
| Abstract |
The current situation and possible future developments for nuclear power-including fission and fusion processes-is presented. The fission nuclear power continues to be an essential part of the low-carbon electricity generation in the world for decades to come. There are breakthrough possibilities in the development of new generation nuclear reactors where the life-time of the nuclear waste can be reduced to some hundreds of years instead of the present time-scales of hundred thousand of years. Research on the fourth generation reactors is needed for the realisation of this development. For the fast nuclear reactors, a substantial research and development effort is required in many fields-from material sciences to safety demonstration-to attain the envisaged goals. Fusion provides a long-term vision for an efficient energy production. The fusion option for a nuclear reactor for efficient production of electricity has been set out in a focussed European programme including the international project of ITER after which a fusion electricity DEMO reactor is envisaged. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 15% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 8% |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 8% |
| Philippines | 1 | 8% |
| South Africa | 1 | 8% |
| Germany | 1 | 8% |
| Unknown | 6 | 46% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 13 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 204 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 39 | 19% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 31 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 29 | 14% |
| Researcher | 11 | 5% |
| Other | 8 | 4% |
| Other | 19 | 9% |
| Unknown | 67 | 33% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Engineering | 29 | 14% |
| Chemistry | 14 | 7% |
| Physics and Astronomy | 11 | 5% |
| Energy | 9 | 4% |
| Materials Science | 8 | 4% |
| Other | 58 | 28% |
| Unknown | 75 | 37% |
Attention Score in Context
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