Nuclear Power in an Age of UncertaintyCongress of the U.S., Office of Technology Assessment, 1984 - 293 من الصفحات |
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... option . The report builds on an earlier OTA report , Nuclear Powerplant Standardization , and complements a current report , Managing Commerical High - Level Radioactive Waste . The present nuclear era is drawing to a close . The cover ...
... option . The report builds on an earlier OTA report , Nuclear Powerplant Standardization , and complements a current report , Managing Commerical High - Level Radioactive Waste . The present nuclear era is drawing to a close . The cover ...
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... the United States and Abroad ... 179 8. Public Attitudes Toward Nuclear Power . 9. Policy Options ... Appendix : Acronyms and Glossary Index • 211 251 283 289 Without significant changes in the technology , management , and ix Contents.
... the United States and Abroad ... 179 8. Public Attitudes Toward Nuclear Power . 9. Policy Options ... Appendix : Acronyms and Glossary Index • 211 251 283 289 Without significant changes in the technology , management , and ix Contents.
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... option in the future if present problems can be overcome . Demand for electricity could grow to a level that would mandate the construction of many new powerplants . Uncertainties over the long - term en- vironmental acceptability of ...
... option in the future if present problems can be overcome . Demand for electricity could grow to a level that would mandate the construction of many new powerplants . Uncertainties over the long - term en- vironmental acceptability of ...
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... option for new electric - generating plants because of already high costs and vulner- ability to import disruptions which are likely to increase by the end of the century . Natural gas may also be too costly or unavailable for gener ...
... option for new electric - generating plants because of already high costs and vulner- ability to import disruptions which are likely to increase by the end of the century . Natural gas may also be too costly or unavailable for gener ...
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... option is foreclosed , it should at least happen with foresight , not by accident or neglect . This report analyzes the tech- nical and institutional prospects for the future of nuclear power and addresses the question of what Congress ...
... option is foreclosed , it should at least happen with foresight , not by accident or neglect . This report analyzes the tech- nical and institutional prospects for the future of nuclear power and addresses the question of what Congress ...
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الصفحة 154 - ... provide adequate protection to the health and safety of the public.
الصفحة 172 - Individual members of the public should be provided a level of protection from the consequences of nuclear power plant operation such that individuals bear no significant additional risk to life and health.
الصفحة 8 - Administrator to the House Committee on Science and Technology and the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources upon the request of either such committee.
الصفحة 91 - PWR steam generators have shown evidence of corrosion-induced wastage, cracking, reduction in tube diameter, and vibration-induced fatigue cracks. The primary concern is the capability of degraded tubes to maintain their integrity during normal operation and under accident conditions with adequate safety margins.
الصفحة 77 - The Future of Electric Power in America: Economic Supply for Economic Growth," DOE/PE-0045, US Department of Energy, June 1983 (B).
الصفحة 173 - The risk to an average individual in the vicinity of a nuclear power plant of prompt fatalities that might result from reactor accidents should not exceed one-tenth of one percent (0.1 percent) of the sum of prompt fatality risks resulting from other accidents to which members of the US population are generally exposed.
الصفحة 78 - 8th Annual Review of Overall Reliability and Adequacy of the North American Bulk Power Systems
الصفحة 172 - Societal risks to life and health from nuclear power plant operation should be comparable to or less than the risks of generating electricity by viable competing technologies and should not be a significant addition to other societal risks.
الصفحة 285 - Load factor. Load factor is the ratio of the average load over a designated period of time to the connected load.