Nuclear Power in an Age of UncertaintyCongress of the U.S., Office of Technology Assessment, 1984 - 293 من الصفحات |
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... potential importance of nuclear power . Some of the problems that have plagued the present generation of reactors are due to the immaturity of the technology , and an underestimation by some utilities and their contractors of the ...
... potential importance of nuclear power . Some of the problems that have plagued the present generation of reactors are due to the immaturity of the technology , and an underestimation by some utilities and their contractors of the ...
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... potential to release enough carbon dioxide to cause serious climatic changes . We do not know enough about this problem yet to say when it could happen or how severe it might be , but the possibility exists that even in the early 21st ...
... potential to release enough carbon dioxide to cause serious climatic changes . We do not know enough about this problem yet to say when it could happen or how severe it might be , but the possibility exists that even in the early 21st ...
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... potential problems to have been identified . Accidents at Three Mile Island and at the Browns Ferry reactor in- volved sequences of events that were not un- derstood clearly enough until they occurred . If they had been , both could ...
... potential problems to have been identified . Accidents at Three Mile Island and at the Browns Ferry reactor in- volved sequences of events that were not un- derstood clearly enough until they occurred . If they had been , both could ...
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... potentially severe incidents raise concerns about the ability of all utilities to maintain that record . Many of the concerns over safety and reliability have been fueled by the seemingly constant stream of hardware problems and ...
... potentially severe incidents raise concerns about the ability of all utilities to maintain that record . Many of the concerns over safety and reliability have been fueled by the seemingly constant stream of hardware problems and ...
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... potentially safer than LWRs , there are still many questions concerning HTGR reliability and economics . Continued research and develop- ment ( R & D ) of the HTGR is necessary if these questions are to be resolved . The heavy water ...
... potentially safer than LWRs , there are still many questions concerning HTGR reliability and economics . Continued research and develop- ment ( R & D ) of the HTGR is necessary if these questions are to be resolved . The heavy water ...
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