Leadership, Sustainability and Clean Nuclear Technology

摘要

Many issues face nuclear plants today, from financing, cost, licensing, designs and construction in a globally fragmented energy marketplace, to associated international proliferation, security of energy supply, climate change and national pride issues. One issue should not go unnoticed: all current and under-construction reactors are based on an unsustainable once-through fuel cycle, which is incomplete. Nowadays, the social norm in any civilized town or debate is recycling, selective separations, renewable portfolios, waste to energy, emissions reductions, and waste stream reduction. Endless debate in the USA has been whether to pursue a "closed" or "alternate" fuel cycle; a Blue Ribbon Panel will consider the options on what to do with the "waste."