Can nuclear power be sustainable?

Nuclear energy is certainly the most frequently, publicly debated and controversial energy source among all. At the same time, its sensitive problems are nearly identical to those issues arising from sustainability considerations: issues of reactor safety, fuels, proliferation, and final waste disposal. - To what extent can nuclear energy be further developed, and which factors will determine its future contribution to the worldwide energy supply? The authors examine these issues systematically, and come up to the conclusion that a contribution from nuclear to a sustainable energy supply development seems unrenounceable. Whether it comes up to this, depends mainly on development programmes in China, India and other states in this region of the world, and the pre-condition is a change in the perception of this technology in the public opinion