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Naim H. Afgan

SUSTAINABLE NUCLEAR ENERGY DILEMMA

ABSTRACT
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.
KEYWORDS
sustainability, nuclear energy, nuclear dilemma, nuclear energy systems, sustainability index, safety, proliferation, radioactive waste
PAPER SUBMITTED: 2012-10-22
PAPER REVISED: 2012-11-03
PAPER ACCEPTED: 2012-11-27
DOI REFERENCE: https://doi.org/10.2298/TSCI121022214A
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THERMAL SCIENCE YEAR 2013, VOLUME 17, ISSUE Issue 2, PAGES [305 - 321]
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