Kursunoglu B.N., Mintz S.L., Perlmutter A. (Eds.) The Challenges to Nuclear Power in the Twenty-First Century

Kluwer Academic Publishers, New York, 2002, 120 pages, ISBN: 0-306-46491-8“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 the often discussed subject matter of the virtues of Nuclear Energy with regard to Global Warming as compared to using fossil fuels for the generation of electricity. The latter is also currently the only way to operate our means of transportation like automobiles, planes etc. Therefore emission into the atmosphere of greenhouse gases constitutes the main source of Global Warming, which is absent in the case of Nuclear Energy.These arguments are often put forward to promote the use of Nuclear Energy. However not all is well with the Nuclear Energy. There are the questions of the waste problem so far unsolved, safety of Nuclear Reactors is not guaranteed to the extent that they are inherently safe. If we aim to construct inherently safe reactors, then the economics of a Nuclear Reactor makes it unacceptable.Year in and year out, we talk about these subjects but after the conference we do not do anything about it, we just go home. In the case of Nuclear Reactors the waste is localized in the place where the reactor is operating, while the waste generated by fossil fuels is spread globally. In other words we have here an irreversible hazard that is entirely out of our hands.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 OvercomeNeed for Nuclear Energy
Nuclear Technology: Need for New Vision
Nuclear Power in the Context of Critical Global ProblemsPublic Acceptance of Nuclear Energy
Nuclear Energy and Security
Energy Problems of the Future, CanWe Solve Them
Public and Political Support for Nuclear Energy
Nuclear Power: Liability or Asset?Concluding Panel Discussions
Remarks for the Concluding Panel, Global Foundation 1999 Energy Conference Washington D.C., November 1999Turkey and Energy Security in the Caucasus and Central Asia