Primary Energy

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-VIII

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2. The Physical Concept of Energy

   • K. O. Thielheim

   Pages 1-19

3. Resources and Reserves of Fossil and Nuclear Fuels

   • F. Bender, K. E. Koch

   Pages 20-31

4. Synthetic Fuels

   • W. Peters

   Pages 32-46

5. The Carbon Dioxide Problem

   • H. Oeschger, U. Siegenthaler, T. Wenk

   Pages 47-65

6. Electricity and Heat from Thermal Nuclear Reactors

   • W. Oldekop

   Pages 66-91

7. High-temperature Reactors

   • R. Schulten

   Pages 92-105

8. Technology of Fast Breeder Reactors

   • G. Keßler

   Pages 106-128

9. Fast Breeder Reactors in France in 1979

   • M. Rapin

   Pages 129-146

10. Nuclear Fuel Cycle

    • M. Rapin

    Pages 147-166

11. Deposition of Radioactive Waste

    • E. Albrecht

    Pages 167-181

12. Nuclear Fusion with Magnetic Containment

    • A. Schlüter

    Pages 182-192

13. Laser-Driven Nuclear Fusion

    • S. Witkowski

    Pages 193-218

14. Hydroelectricity

    • D. L. Vischer

    Pages 219-251

15. Solar Power Plants

    • H. Treiber

    Pages 252-273

16. Electricity from the Sun — Photovoltaics

    • E. F. Schmidt

    Pages 274-293

17. Exploitation of Wind Energy by Wind Power Plants

    • S. Helm, E. Hau

    Pages 294-318

18. Tidal Power Stations

    • R. Bonnefille

    Pages 319-334

19. Geothermal Energy

    • O. Kappelmeyer

    Pages 335-345

20. Demands and Resources of Energy in the Present and Future

    • U. Lantzke, E. Meller

    Pages 346-358

The enormous public interest of specialists as well as of engaged and concerned citizens in the energy problem can be understood in view of the fact that the future of national and world-wide economy depends on the availability of sufficient primary energy. The questions arising are: which forms of primary energy exist principally? by what means and at what cost can they be brought to useful application? and what is their possible role in the present and future energy scenario? Another reason which may not be so obvious, but which eventually may prove to be of great importance as far as public acceptance of energy technologies is con­ cerned, lies in the fact that the existing conscious or subconscious fears arising from confrontation with scientific and technological progress - to which even for the educated layman intellectual access is diffi­ cult - have been sublimated onto the energy problem and especially onto the problem of nuclear energy. Un­ like other developments, the emergence of nuclear ener­ gy has brought to our notice the ambivalence of ad­ vancing science and technology, which may either be used peacefully or misused militarily. Nuclear energy can help to overcome the increasing hunger for energy in the world, but it can also lead to the extinction of human life from the surface of this plant. More and more, mankind is confronted with chances and risks of new discoveries.

• Energiegewinnung
• Energiequelle
• Energy
• Oxide
• radioactive waste
• water quality and water pollution
• air pollution and air quality

• Institut für Reine und Angewandte Kernphysik, Universität Kiel, Kiel, Germany

  Klaus O. Thielheim

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