Fast breeder reactors in relation to energy requirements. Chapter 2.1

Particular aspects of the problems were illustrated by reference to diagrams, as follows: the critical situation of oil and natural gas as shown by block diagrams of world reserves and estimated consumption over the period 1973 to 1998; the UK fuel consumption 1950 to 1975, showing how oil and natural gas have grown in importance in relation to coal; the primary fuels and their uses in the UK in 1973 (showing proportions used in various ways, and proportion lost as rejected heat); and a forecast of UK primary energy sources up to 1990. Nuclear energy and other possible replacements for the primary fuels are considered. (U.K.)