1980 - Volume 22, Issue 2 | by Author not available
Safety is one of the main factors in the construction and operation of a modern nuclear power plant. There are many barriers between the fission products produced in the fuel elements of the core, and the environment: the cladding of the fuel pins which are enclosed in the
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1980 - Volume 22, Issue 2 | by Charpentier, J.P. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria). Div. of Nuclear Power and Reactors); Krymm, R
The World energy situation and the present role and future prospects of nuclear power are discussed in the article. Importance of the maintenance of a viable nuclear industry at a level of operation which could ensure the continuous expansion of this source of power is stressed
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1980 - Volume 22, Issue 2 | by Ahmed, J.U.; Daw, H.T. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria). Div. of Nuclear Safety and Environmental Protection)
In order to assess the environmental impacts of nuclear energy, the document considers the various operations involved in the nuclear power industry. These operations are the mining and milling of uranium, enrichment, fabrication of fuel elements, reactor operation, reprocessing
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1980 - Volume 22, Issue 2 | by Skjoeldebrand, R. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria). Div. of Nuclear Power and Reactors)
The conclusions of the Final Plenary Conference of the International Nuclear Fuel Cycle Evaluation (INFCE) are represented in the article: Nuclear energy is expected to increase its role in meeting the world's energy needs and can and should be widely available to that end.
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1980 - Volume 22, Issue 2 | by Zheludev, I.S. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Dept. of Technical Operations, Vienna, Austria) ; Konstantinov, L.V. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria). Div. of Nuclear Safety and Environmental Protection)
Stages of the growth of nuclear power production in the USSR and CMEA countries, up to the present and some comments on the future are represented in the report. The Soviet types of reactors with their performances, especially uranium-graphite channel-type reactors (RBMK) and
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1980 - Volume 22, Issue 2 | by Koeteles, G.J. (Orszagos Frederic Joliot-Curie Sugarbiologiai es Sugaregeszseguegyi Kutato Intezet, Budapest (Hungary))
Riparian countries agreed to participate in a joint investigation on several radiological protection questions in relation to nuclear power projects along the Danube. The main scope of the programme and some representative date are outlined. A list of existing or projected
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1980 - Volume 22, Issue 2 | by Charpentier, J.P. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria). Div. of Nuclear Power and Reactors)
Although it is quite certain that all our efforts should aim at developing all possible energy sources, it is equally true that fossil and nuclear fuels - and to a lesser extent hydroelectric power - are the sole options of importance open to mankind for the rest of this century
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1980 - Volume 22, Issue 2 | by Schmidt, J.J.; Lorenz, A. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria). Div. of Research and Labs.)
Nuclear physics data, or more briefly nuclear data, encompass all quantitative results of nuclear physics research and comprise the areas of nuclear reaction, nuclear structure and nuclear decay data. Nuclear data find widespread use in all branches of nuclear science and
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