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Nuclear energy and the environment

Creators

  • 1. Academie des technologies, Grand Palais des Champs Elysees, Porte C, Avenue Franklin D. Roosevelt, 75008 Paris (France)
  • 2. Academie des sciences, 23 Quai de Conti, 75006 Paris (France)
  • 3. Chinese Academy of Engineering - CAE, 2 Bingjiaokou Hutong, Bei Tai Ping Zhuang, Xicheng, Beijing (China)
  • 4. China National Nuclear Corporation - CNNC (China)
  • 5. China Institute of Atomic Energy - CIAE (China)
  • 6. National Supervisory Commission - NSC (China)
  • 7. China Nuclear Power Engineering Corporation - CNPE (China)
  • 8. China Nuclear Energy Association - CNEA (China)
  • 9. China Institute for Radiation Protection - CIRP (China)

Description

This report on nuclear energy and the environment is jointly released by the Chinese Academy of Engineering, the National Academy of Technologies of France and the French Academy of sciences. It is a second collaborative study of the three academies on nuclear energy matters. The first report, issued in August 2017, covered many aspects of nuclear energy and offered joint, mostly technical, recommendations for the direction of nuclear energy in the future. It was an attempt to provide an objective overview of many scientific and technological issues on nuclear energy (its position in the future energy mix, benefits, strengths and weak points, research and development perspectives, technology and safety, engineering etc.), as well as societal issues (education, training, risk perception, public awareness etc.). But it was admittedly far from being exhaustive. Environmental issues were not considered in sufficient depth in the previous report despite their being crucial for the future of this industry, and the Academies felt it necessary to pursue their cooperation and further address these important issues. They decided to focus the joint effort on the environmental impacts of nuclear energy in normal and accidental situations, including waste and provide a comprehensive analysis of these issues which are essentially similar in France and China. However, the economics of energy production, which also constitutes an important factor for the future, is determined by local and regional conditions, which are fairly different between these two countries, and it was deliberately decided not to address this issue in this joint study

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Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
110 p.
Report number
INIS-FR--20-0016

INIS

Country of Publication
France
Country of Input or Organization
France
INIS RN
51004017
Subject category
S22: GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS; S54: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; S12: MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES;
Descriptors DEI
BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; ENERGY DEMAND; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FUEL CYCLE CENTERS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR LIABILITY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOACTIVE EFFLUENTS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT; REACTOR ACCIDENTS; REACTOR SAFETY; RECOMMENDATIONS; REPROCESSING; TRANSMUTATION; WATER REQUIREMENTS
Descriptors DEC
ACCIDENTS; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; DEMAND; ENERGY; LIABILITIES; MANAGEMENT; MATERIALS; MONITORING; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; POWER PLANTS; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SAFETY; SEPARATION PROCESSES; THERMAL POWER PLANTS; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTES

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