Electricity and the environment: The basis for choices

1991 - Volume 33, Issue 3 | by Blix, H. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria)) | There is a tremendous tension, locally, regionally and globally, between the demands for more energy, notably electricity, and the demands for the protection of life, health, and the environment. This article, drawn from a statement at the IAEA Senior Expert Symposium on ... Read more »

International senior expert symposium on electricity and the environment: Highlights and conclusions from Helsinki

1991 - Volume 33, Issue 3 | by Bennett, L.L. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria). Div. of Nuclear Power) | This article summarizes briefly the Senior Expert Symposium on Electricity and the Environment, held in May 1991. Four Expert Groups considered key issues: the implications for the global environment of energy and electricity supply and demand. Energy sources and technologies ... Read more »

Energy and electricity supply and demand: Implications for the global environment

1991 - Volume 33, Issue 3 | by Mueller, T. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria). Div. of Nuclear Power) | This article is based upon a key issues paper prepared by an international expert group at the Senior Expert Symposium on Electricity and the Environment, held in May 1991. Two scenarios of possible developments of energy supply and demand until the year 2050 are presented, and ... Read more »

Comparative health and environmental risks for various energy sources

1991 - Volume 33, Issue 3 | by Haddad, S.; Dones, R. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria). Div. of Nuclear Safety) | This article is based upon a key issues paper presented at the Senior Expert Symposium on Electricity and the Environment, held in May 1991. It discusses the problems with comparing health and environmental risks for various energy sources, and presents data on mortality risks ... Read more »

The future role of nuclear power in the global energy balance

1991 - Volume 33, Issue 3 | by Semenov, B.A.; Guthrie, D.; Tatsuta, Y. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria). Dept. of Nuclear Energy and Safety) | A sound judgement on the role of nuclear power in the global energy balance within the time span of the next 30 years should logically be based on the consideration of at least a number of factors such as global trends in energy and electricity demand, practically available or ... Read more »

''Ecowatts'': Energy and environmental impacts of electrification

1991 - Volume 33, Issue 3 | by Mills, M.P. (Science Concepts, Inc., Washington, DC (United States)) | Considerable efforts are in progress to reduce electricity consumption. However, replacing fossil fuels with electricity saves energy, even when the energy used to make the electricity is taken into account. The energy savings translate into decreased carbon dioxide emissions, ... Read more »

Images of nuclear energy: Why people feel the way they do

1991 - Volume 33, Issue 3 | by Weart, S.R. (American Inst. of Physics, New York, NY (United States)) | Nuclear energy is the most extreme case where public fear of technology goes beyond what seems reasonable in the light of actual experience and that is because emotions and ideas are more deeply rooted than realized ... Read more »