1989 - Volume 31, Issue 3 | by International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria)
Short communication
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1989 - Volume 31, Issue 3 | by Semenov, B. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria). Dept. of Nuclear Energy and Safety); Dastidar, P.; Kupitz, J.; Goodjohn, A. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria). Div. of Nuclear Power)
Nuclear power continued to make great strides in 1988 in meeting the world's increasing demand for electricity. It is well recognized now that energy resources other than fossil are needed. This paper gives us an analysis of the position of nuclear power in today's world based
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1989 - Volume 31, Issue 3 | by Taylor, J.J.; DeVine, J.C. Jr. (Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (USA). Nuclear Power Div.); Stahlkopf, K.E. (Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (USA). Materials and Systems Development Dept.)
In 1983 the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) launched an aggressive programme to develop the next generation light-water reactor (LWR) for deployment on US utility grids. The programme was undertaken at the behest of the utility advisory structure of EPRI which had
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1989 - Volume 31, Issue 3 | by Meyer, P.J.; Gruener, W. (Siemens AG Unternehmensbereich KWU, Erlangen (Germany, F.R.))
Nuclear reactors have captured a substantial share of the world's electricity generating market providing, during 1988, about 17% of the total electricity generated. Of the 429 nuclear power plants in operation worldwide at the end of 1988, 320 were light-water reactors (LWRs)
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1989 - Volume 31, Issue 3 | by Lipsett, J.J.; Dunn, J.T. (Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., Chalk River, ON (Canada). Chalk River Nuclear Labs.)
Commercial HWRs have demonstrated many achievements as an electrical power generation system. These achievements include an excellent safety record, high annual and lifetime capacity factors, low fuel cost and a broad range of other performance strengths which together indicate
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1989 - Volume 31, Issue 3 | by Pedersen, T. (ABB Atom AB, Vaesteraas (Sweden))
Nuclear energy represents an important option for future energy supply, but the nuclear option could be jeopardized if severe reactor accidents, such as the ones at Three Mile Island or Chernobyl, were to continue to occur anywhere in the world. The PIUS (Process Inherent
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1989 - Volume 31, Issue 3 | by Golan, S. (Bechtel National, Inc., San Francisco, CA (USA)); Leduc, J. (Novatome Industries, 92 - Le Plessis-Robinson (France)); Nakagawa, Hiroshi (Japan Atomic Power Co., Tokyo (Japan))
Building on 40 years of liquid-metal fast reactor (LMFR) development and technical demonstration, Japan, Western Europe, the Soviet Union, and the United States are all proceeding with the next phase of LMFR projects. This article briefly reviews the technical state-of-the-art,
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1989 - Volume 31, Issue 3 | by Mears, L.D.; Goodjohn, A.J. (Gas-Cooled Reactor Associates, San Diego, CA (USA))
Development work on HTGRs started in the mid-1950s both in the United States and in the Federal Republic of Germany. As a result of effective co-operative agreements between the governments and industrial entities in both countries, the respective programmes have evolved down
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1989 - Volume 31, Issue 3 | by Schulten, R. (Kernforschungsanlage Juelich G.m.b.H. (Germany, F.R.). Inst. fuer Reaktorentwicklung)
The completely ceramic fuel elements used in high-temperature gas-cooled reactors (HTGR) can withstand very high temperatures without releasing fission products. They can be arranged in low-power density reactor core configurations which, solely by physical processes, limit both
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1989 - Volume 31, Issue 3 | by Qian Jihui (Southwest Center for Reactor Engineering Research and Design (China))
After investigating the present situation and future development trends for nuclear power all over the world, including the development strategy for nuclear power promoted by the IAEA for developing countries, a definite trend towards a new generation of nuclear power plants
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