TY - JOUR
TI - Sustainable nuclear energy dilemma
AU - Afgan Naim H
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2013
VL - 17
IS - 2
SP - 305
EP - 321
PT - Article
AB - Sustainable energy development implies the need for the emerging potential  energy sources which are not producing adverse effect to the environment. In  this respect nuclear energy has gained the complimentary favor to be  considered as the potential energy source without degradation of the  environment. The sustainability evaluation of the nuclear energy systems has  required the special attention to the criteria for the assessment of nuclear  energy system before we can make firm justification of the sustainability of  nuclear energy systems. In order to demonstrate the sustainability assessment  of nuclear energy system this exercise has been devoted to the potential  options of nuclear energy development, namely: short term option, medium term  option, long term option and classical thermal system option. Criteria with  following indicators are introduced in this analysis: nuclear indicator,  economic indicator, environment indicator, social indicator... The  Sustainability Index is used as the merit for the priority assessment among  options under consideration.