[en] Summarizes the UK nuclear power programme and its role in the future. The author discusses the place of the fast reactor especially with regard to costs and fuel reprocessing. (UK)

[en] This address to the Fuel Luncheon Club is concerned with future energy supply and demand and the difficulty of making energy policy decisions because of the economic uncertainties affecting them. The risks associated with nuclear power and public understanding of them are discussed and it is suggested that a more real and alarming risk is that of military conflict as a result of competition for energy resources. One way to lessen the potential conflict is the economical use of all available resources using all the possibilities and facing the risks in their proper perspective. (author)

[en] The worldwide energy scene, past, present and future is summarised and assessed. The section on nuclear power outlines the situation in the west, the eastern block and the less developed countries. In the west, particularly the United States, the nuclear industry is suffering from a crisis in public confidence. The eastern block nuclear power programme, led by the USSR, is proceeding steadily. The British 300 MWe Magnox station is considered to be appropriate for developing countries rather than large PWRs. Other energy sources considered are coal, gas, and renewable energy sources (solar, geothermal, biomass). Energy conservation, energy resources and policy are discussed. The last section, on solving the energy equation, includes the energy-lethargy diagram. (U.K.)

[en] This is a report of a one-day symposium held at the Royal Institution, London, on 28 April 1981. It was organized by the Institute of Energy (London and Home Counties section) under the chairmanship of Dr A M Brown with the assistance of the Institute of Energy's Nuclear Special Interest Group. The following five papers were presented (available as a booklet, from the Institute of Energy, price Pound12.00): 1) The Dragon project and the High Temperature Reactor (HTR) position. Dr L Shepherd, UKAEA, Winfrith. 2) Coal gasification technology. Dr M St J Arnold, NCB, Stoke Orchard Laboratories. 3) The utilization of nuclear energy for coal gasification. Dr K H van Heek, G Hewing, R Kirchhoff and H J Schroter, Bergbau Forschung, Essen, West Germany. 4) The hydrogen economy. K F Langley, Energy Technology Support Unit, Harwell. 5) Economic perspectives and high temperature reactors. J D Thorn, director, Technical Services and Planning, UKAEA. (author)

[en] The subject is examined as follows: historical introduction; three recent energy demand forecasts (world energy conference; Exxon, December 1980; International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis Projection to 2030 (1981) (under these headings are given both demand and supply estimates, by energy type and by geographical area)); conviction -projections' realization; constraints to technological progress; are targets achievable; nuclear power in developing countries; uranium supplies; nuclear heat; the future nuclear programme; expansion of the coal industry; renewable resources (comparative energy costs); important energy technologies for the future; centrally planned economies; Middle East oil producers and others; developing countries; conclusion. (U.K.)

[en] The UK Atomic Energy Authority's Culham Laboratory, in Oxfordshire, is probably the world's most exciting research programme based upon nuclear fusion; and a locally-based manufacturing company with is own brand of technology, that has helped make it a market leader in the power washing field, is supplying a specially-tailored high pressure washing system as part of this great project. This contract, one of many, worth about Pound41 M to UK industry, is described in these pages. (author)

[en] The patented application of gas centrifuge and separation nozzle technology in the Haga Process has resulted in a demonstrated means of meeting the world's enriched uranium demand at lower cost, modest amounts of electricity, much less capital and considerably shorter lead times. (author)

[en] To meet the growing power demand in the late eighties, the People's Republic of China will cooperate with Hong Kong to develop nuclear power. In this paper, the energy policy of China and her nuclear capabilities are reviewed, and some of the foreseeable problems of the China and Hong Kong joint nuclear project are discussed. (author)

[en] In this inaugural address of the newly-formed Energy Industries Club, the help, support and informational facilities provided by the Institute of Energy to managers and technical specialists of the industry, were considered. Problems in the separate industries, relevant to the various fuel sources, are discussed and the lessons which can be learned from the development of the nuclear industry, are examined. The timing of oil production from coal and of fast reactor power generation is felt to depend not so much on technological progress but upon economic and political factors. (U.K.)

[en] Fast and fusion reactors, energy conservation and use of renewable energy sources are discussed in relation to future energy use in the UK. (U.K.)