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assumptions and model logic of the scenarios must be critically scrutinized. There is the risk that considerable public and …
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associates quantified impacts with foreseeable nuclear energy development in different world regions. It gives initial results in …
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, nuclear power has begun to fade, with plants closing and little new investment made, just when the world requires more low … the factors that put nuclear power at risk of future decline. It is shown that without action, nuclear power in advanced … security using two World Energy Outlook scenarios – the New Policies Scenario and the Sustainable Development Scenario are …
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The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has the formidable task of verifying the peaceful use of nuclear materials across the globe through cooperative measures called international nuclear safeguards. The Agency’s conclusions about lack of diversion, misuse, and undeclared nuclear...
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Reviews the prominent works in recent years on the relative merits of total nuclear disarmament, and argue that while nuclear weapons have not become irrelevant, they have become less relevant as a result of the processes of globalization
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Nuclear power is confronted with a number of challenges in the near term. One major constraint is the economics of nuclear power, driven by both the high capital costs and financial uncertainties. The second is concern about catastrophic accidents; despite the development of newer reactor...
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landscape of nuclear risk and explains the role that the extraordinary developments in nuclear forensics science can play in … generating an expansive deterrence to improve nuclear security by governments, and diminish the nuclear risk presented by … nuclear risk reduction such as the imposition of sanctions, revealing the guiding principles for effective nuclear containment …
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There are disturbing connections between two existential threats to our civilization, the increasing impact of global heating and biodiversity/ecosystem losses, and the threat posed by the existence of thousands of nuclear weapons, many of them on hair trigger alert. Taken together with the...
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