Published October 1979
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Journal article
The nuclear debate
Creators
Description
A brief description is given of the fission process, the production of heat and plutonium from uranium in nuclear reactors, and the essential features of Magnox, AGR, PWR and fast reactors. The cases put forward by those in favour of and those opposing nuclear power programmes are summarised. The need for an energy source beyond coal and oil, the economics of nuclear power, the treatment of radioactive waste, safety, radiation hazards and the problems that have arisen with various reactors are among the topics summarised. (author)
Additional details
Additional titles
- Subtitle (English)
- Nuclear power: boon or peril
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Pet. Rev.
- Journal Volume
- 33
- Journal Issue
- 394
- Series
- Pet. Rev.
- Journal Page Range
- 32-33
- ISSN
- 0020-3076
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- United Kingdom
- INIS RN
- 11510777
- Subject category
- S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY;
- Descriptors DEI
- AGR TYPE REACTORS; COAL; ECONOMICS; ENERGY SHORTAGES; FAST REACTORS; MAGNOX TYPE REACTORS; NUCLEAR POWER; PETROLEUM; PLUTONIUM; PUBLIC RELATIONS; PWR TYPE REACTORS; RADIATION HAZARDS; SAFETY; URANIUM; WASTE MANAGEMENT
- Descriptors DEC
- ACTINIDES; ELEMENTS; ENERGY SOURCES; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; EPITHERMAL REACTORS; FOSSIL FUELS; FUELS; GAS COOLED REACTORS; GRAPHITE MODERATED REACTORS; HAZARDS; HEALTH HAZARDS; MANAGEMENT; METALS; NATURAL URANIUM REACTORS; POWER; POWER REACTORS; REACTORS; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS
Optional Information
- Notes
- The first of 3 related articles in this issue.