The Challenges to Nuclear Power in the Twenty-First Century

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kursunoglu, Behram N. (Editor), Mintz, Stephan L. (Editor), Perlmutter, Arnold (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2002.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Renewable energy resources.; Nuclear energy.; Renewable energy sources.; Alternate energy sources.; Green energy industries.; Nuclear engineering.; Environmental management.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Nuclear Engineering.; Environmental Management.; Nuclear Energy.

“International Energy Forum 1999” was held in Washington D.C. during November 5-6, 1999 in the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Crystal City. Once again the main topic was Nuclear Energy. Various papers presented contained pros and cons of Nuclear Energy for generating electricity. We were aiming to clarify t...

Table of Contents:

• Energy: An Ecumenical View
• The Problem of Energy and Nuclear Matters
• U.S. Energy Policy and the Nuclear Future
• Challenge to Nuclear Power in the Next Century Can they be Overcome?
• Need for Nuclear Energy
• Nuclear Technology: Need for New Vision
• Nuclear Power in the Context of Critical Global Problems
• Public Acceptance of Nuclear Energy
• Nuclear Energy and Security
• Energy Problems of The Future Can We Solve Them?
• Public and Political Support for Nuclear Energy
• Nuclear Power: Liability - or Asset?
• Concluding Panel Discussions
• Remarks for the Concluding Panel
• After Dinner Speech
• Turkey and Energy Security in the Caucasus and Central Asia.