iScience, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 28(1), С. 111644 - 111644
Опубликована: Дек. 19, 2024
Язык: Английский
Journal of Cleaner Production, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 144818 - 144818
Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2025
Язык: Английский
Процитировано
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Frontiers in Environmental Economics, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 3
Опубликована: Апрель 12, 2024
This paper presents a comprehensive analysis of the suitability nuclear power as an option to combat escalating climate emergency. Summarizing and evaluating key arguments, we elucidate why is unsuitable for addressing change. The primary argument centers around unresolved technical human risks accidents proliferation, which are unlikely be effectively mitigated in future. Furthermore, highlight significant cost disparities between other non-fossil energy sources, such solar photovoltaics wind power, considering levelized costs electricity. We also address incompatibility with renewable systems, emphasizing need flexibility face variable resources. Alternative reactor technologies will not available time make major contribution. Nuclear poses challenges plant operation amid change war. Ultimately, argue that motivations should explored explain continued interest some countries, supply arguments alone insufficient justify new investments.
Язык: Английский
Процитировано
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Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 201, С. 114621 - 114621
Опубликована: Июнь 5, 2024
The decommissioning of nuclear power plants is a complex and lengthy process. But so far, the 204 already closed reactors, only eleven with more than 100 MW electrical capacity have been fully decommissioned, while another 200 reactors are expected to reach end their operational lifetime in next two decades. Against this backdrop, comparative cross-country case study investigates existing structure commercial France, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, U.K., U.S. investigation structured along five themes: 1) ownership plants, 2) regulation, 3) financing liability, 4) production 5) waste management. Based on thirteen factors across these themes, knowledge gaps related role government (i.e. interlinkage between decommissioning, influence regulatory framework performance, regulation management), challenges associated cost estimations, fund adequacy, liabilities, external market influences), developments emerging markets question whether rely or internal provision, specialized firms, bottlenecks supply chain) identified as central topics for further research derive best practices industry.
Язык: Английский
Процитировано
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Radiation and Environmental Biophysics, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 63(4), С. 519 - 536
Опубликована: Авг. 9, 2024
The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations, established in 2015, aim to achieve global sustainability by 2030 through improvement environmental, social, and economic parameters. However, unlike earlier concepts such as Agenda 21 1992, SDGs overlook radioactive waste management related challenges radiation itself. First, we investigate historic consideration unexplained disappearance concepts. Then, propose amending seven address this gap. For 6 (Clean Water Sanitation), 14 (Life Below Water), 15 on Land), new or revised indicators should monitor release hazardous materials. 9 (Industry, Innovation Infrastructure), 16 (Peace, Justice Strong Institutions), (Partnerships for Goals) require additional targets integrate international cooperation social implications nuclear facilities' operation. Redefining "hazardous waste" SDG 12 (Responsible Consumption Production) "environmentally sound technologies" is necessary encompass waste. Implementing these changes demands statistical efforts, but existing monitoring infrastructure, particularly Europe North America, can facilitate this. As approaches, it crucial reintroduce into agendas, whether within themselves a subsequent framework.
Язык: Английский
Процитировано
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Radiation and Environmental Biophysics, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 63(1), С. 1 - 6
Опубликована: Фев. 17, 2024
Abstract This report summarizes the findings of a workshop held at safeND Research Symposium and hosted by German Federal Office for Safety Radioactive Waste Management (BASE) in Berlin September 2023. The aimed to channel perspectives from various fields expertise discuss key sustainability concepts terms radioactive waste management. Therefore, highlights that current concepts, such as United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) well concept Planetary Boundaries, neglect challenges arising production storage human-made materials. consisted three group tasks. first attempted identifying interrelations between “sustainability” second was map global nature challenges. third took steps determine material potential planetary sub-boundary “novel entities”. All groups identified valuable knowledge gaps should be addressed future research concluded management is underrepresented these concepts.
Язык: Английский
Процитировано
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Carbon letters, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown
Опубликована: Янв. 18, 2025
Язык: Английский
Процитировано
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Kerntechnik, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown
Опубликована: Фев. 5, 2025
Abstract This work analyzes advancements in nuclear energy, focusing on spent fuel reprocessing and waste disposal. Key technologies such as pyroprocessing, aqueous reprocessing, the DUPIC (Direct Use of Spent PWR Fuel CANDU) process are examined for their effectiveness reducing environmental safety risks. Pyroprocessing is highlighted its ability to enhance actinide recovery reduce volume, while PUREX demonstrates high efficiencies uranium plutonium. The integration Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) chemical kinetics modeling optimizes parameters, improving outcomes. method shows potential reactor performance minimizing waste. Long-term management strategies, dry cask storage geological disposal, also explored, with heat dissipation technologies. Innovations like autonomous passive cooling antineutrino monitoring promising security. Additionally, study highlights Generation IV reactors Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) critical energy’s impact. emphasizes continued progress address technical, economic, challenges, ensuring viability energy.
Язык: Английский
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Nuclear Engineering and Technology, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 103695 - 103695
Опубликована: Май 1, 2025
Язык: Английский
Процитировано
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Applied Sciences, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 14(15), С. 6673 - 6673
Опубликована: Июль 31, 2024
This study details the unique advantages and challenges associated with microreactors. Microreactors offer rapid installation flexible application capabilities, meeting energy needs in remote inaccessible areas. Unlike large nuclear power plants, they can be set up start generating within a few days, resulting significant time cost savings. Their small size modular design reduce capital operational costs while enhancing economic competitiveness. However, some technical regulatory persist for widespread adoption of Licensing processes designed plants may delay Blockchain technology play crucial role overcoming these by providing transparency reliability licensing processes. The settings microreactors should carefully considered, authorities must effectively designated. Collaboration coordination are vital this process. Consequently, flexibility innovative solutions offered highlight importance future research to examine optimal conditions their use.
Язык: Английский
Процитировано
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Energy Research & Social Science, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 118, С. 103831 - 103831
Опубликована: Ноя. 7, 2024
Язык: Английский
Процитировано
1