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The Challenges to Nuclear Power in the Twenty-First Century

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Editors:
  1. Behram N. Kursunoglu

    1. Global Foundation, Inc., Coral Gables

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  2. Stephan L. Mintz

    1. Florida International University, Miami

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  3. Arnold Perlmutter

    1. University of Miami, Coral Gables

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Energy: An Ecumenical View

    1. The Problem of Energy and Nuclear Matters

      • Behram N. Kursunoglu
      Pages 1-31

    2. U.S. Energy Policy and the Nuclear Future

      • Ernest J. Moniz
      Pages 33-39

    3. Challenge to Nuclear Power in the Next Century Can they be Overcome?

      • Peter Beck, Malcolm Grimston
      Pages 41-46

  3. Need for Nuclear Energy

    1. Nuclear Technology: Need for New Vision

      • Clinton Bastin
      Pages 47-57

    2. Nuclear Power in the Context of Critical Global Problems

      • David Bodansky
      Pages 59-72

  4. Public Acceptance of Nuclear Energy

    1. Nuclear Energy and Security

      • Thomas E. Blejwas, Thomas L. Sanders, Robert J. Eagan, Arnold B. Baker
      Pages 73-79

    2. Energy Problems of The Future Can We Solve Them?

      • Bertram Wolfe
      Pages 81-87

    3. Public and Political Support for Nuclear Energy

      • Scott Peterson
      Pages 89-94

    4. Nuclear Power: Liability - or Asset?

      • Myron B. Kratzer
      Pages 95-107

  5. Concluding Panel Discussions

    1. Remarks for the Concluding Panel

      • C. Pierre Zaleski
      Pages 109-112

  6. After Dinner Speech

    1. Turkey and Energy Security in the Caucasus and Central Asia

      • Paul Michael Wihbey
      Pages 113-117

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 119-120
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About this book

“International Energy Forum 1999” was held in Washington D.C. during November 5-6, 1999 in the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Crystal City. Once again the main topic was Nuclear Energy. Various papers presented contained pros and cons of Nuclear Energy for generating electricity. We were aiming to clarify the often discussed subject matter of the virtues of Nuclear Energy with regard to Global Warming as compared to using fossil fuels for the generation of electricity. The latter is also currently the only way to operate our means of transportation like automobiles, planes etc. Therefore emission into the atmosphere of greenhouse gases constitutes the main source of Global Warming, which is absent in the case of Nuclear Energy. These arguments are often put forward to promote the use of Nuclear Energy. However not all is well with the Nuclear Energy. There are the questions of the waste problem so far unsolved, safety of Nuclear Reactors is not guaranteed to the extent that they are inherently safe. If we aim to construct inherently safe reactors, then the economics of a Nuclear Reactor makes it unacceptable.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Global Foundation, Inc., Coral Gables

    Behram N. Kursunoglu

  • Florida International University, Miami

    Stephan L. Mintz

  • University of Miami, Coral Gables

    Arnold Perlmutter

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Challenges to Nuclear Power in the Twenty-First Century

  • Editors: Behram N. Kursunoglu, Stephan L. Mintz, Arnold Perlmutter

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/b118799

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2002

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-46491-1Published: 30 November 2000

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-3349-2Published: 01 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-306-47105-6Published: 16 December 2005

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 120

  • Topics: Renewable and Green Energy, Nuclear Energy, Environmental Management, Nuclear Energy

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