1973 - Volume 15, Issue 5 | by Author not available
''It is becoming increasingly apparent to many countries of the world that the provision of an adequate supply of energy to their communities is not only a matter of science and technological development, but also that the sociological and political impact of the technical
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1973 - Volume 15, Issue 5 | by Author not available
The euphoria of the 1950s appears to have given way, first, to timidly expressed fears, then to doubts, and ultimately to a defensive attitude with respect to the role which nuclear energy could play in meeting the world's energy needs. As people began to become aware of the
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1973 - Volume 15, Issue 5 | by Krymm, Rurik
Over the last two decades (1950 - 1970), total world energy consumption rose at a rate of 5.2% overall and 3.3% per capita, almost trebling from 2.6 billion tons of coal equivalent (T.C.E.) in 1950 to about 7.2 billion T.C.E. by 1970. Over the next thirty years to the turn of
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1973 - Volume 15, Issue 5 | by Cameron, J.
The future supply of uranium has to be considered against a background of forecasts of uranium demand over the next decades which show increases of a spectacular nature. It is not necessary to detail these forecasts, they are well known. A world survey by the Joint NEA/IAEA
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1973 - Volume 15, Issue 5 | by Roberts, J.T.
Most of the proven reactor types envisaged for commercial operation over the next two decades require enriched uranium. Even assuming a larger share for natural uranium fueled heavy water systems and an early date of introduction for breeders on a commercial scale, enriched
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1973 - Volume 15, Issue 5 | by Author not available
The world for many decades to come will have to rely to an ever increasing extent on nuclear energy to meet the demands for primary energy. To meet these requirements we must, however, have a reactor type with lower needs for uranium and also enrichment services, which otherwise
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1973 - Volume 15, Issue 5 | by Falls, O.B. Jr.
It is generally recognized that within the coming decades nuclear power is likely to play an important role in many developing countries because, usually, such countries have limited indigenous energy resources and, in recent years, have been adversely affected by increases in
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1973 - Volume 15, Issue 5 | by Author not available
At 8:15 a.m. on 31 August, 1973, the Phenix fast reactor went critical for the first time. This event, which was hailed as a milestone in development of fast reactors, should be viewed within its historical context Preliminary plans were drawn up in 1966, the decision to go
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1973 - Volume 15, Issue 5 | by Morokhov, I. (USSR State Committee on the Utilization of Atomic Energy (SU))
On 21 June 1973 an agreement was signed between the Soviet Union and the United States of America on scientific and technical co-operation in the peaceful utilization of atomic energy. In the USSR, the executive organization which bears responsibility for the activities of the
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1973 - Volume 15, Issue 5 | by Author not available
Energy demand in Japan has increased in line with the development of the economy. The demand for electric power is expected to increase at a constant level as the living standard of the people rises and the industrial structure becomes more complex. Faced with this growing
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