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This conference proceedings explores issues surrounding the replacement of existing nuclear power plants when they reach the end of their useful life. Topics covered include: Nuclear competitiveness regarding politics and power plant evolution; social acceptance regarding communication, information, waste, and safety proliferation; and durability regarding resources and effects on the environment.
List of contents
The Future of Nuclear Power.- The 21stCentury International Need for Nuclear Energy.- Observations on the Future of Nuclear Power and How to Get There.- I Nuclear Competitiveness.- Nuclear Power and the U.S. Transition to a Restructured, Competitive Power Generation Sector.- The French-German Project of the European Pressurized Water Reactor (EPR).- Assuring the Competitiveness of New Nuclear Power Plants.- II Social Acceptance.- Working Towards Public Acceptance in Germany.- Public and Policymaker Support for Nuclear Energy.- Social Acceptance.- Putting Balance into Safety Regulation.- III Durability: Resources and Environment.- Nuclear Fission: For Safe Globally Sustainable, Proliferation-Resistant, and Cost-Effective Energy.- The Global Energy Situation in the Next Century and Its Implications for Nuclear Power.- Nuclear Power and Sustainable Development.- IV Concluding Panel Summary of the Conference.- Presentations of the International Conference on Preparing the Ground for the Renewal of Nuclear Power.- Contribution to the Concluding Panel of the Global Foundation.
