Thorium energy for the world [electronic resource] : proceedings of the ThEC13 Conference, CERN, Globe of Science and Innovation, Geneva, Switzerland, October 27-31, 2013 / edited by Jean-Pierre Revol, Maurice Bourquin, Yacine Kadi, Egil Lillestol, Jean-Christophe de Mestral, Karel Samec.
2016
TK9360
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Thorium energy for the world [electronic resource] : proceedings of the ThEC13 Conference, CERN, Globe of Science and Innovation, Geneva, Switzerland, October 27-31, 2013 / edited by Jean-Pierre Revol, Maurice Bourquin, Yacine Kadi, Egil Lillestol, Jean-Christophe de Mestral, Karel Samec.
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9783319265421 (electronic book)
3319265423 (electronic book)
9783319265407
3319265423 (electronic book)
9783319265407
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Switzerland : Springer, 2016.
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English
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1 online resource (lii, 446 pages) : illustrations.
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10.1007/978-3-319-26542-1 doi
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TK9360
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621.48/335
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The Thorium Energy Conference (ThEC13) gathered some of the world's leading experts on thorium technologies to review the possibility of destroying nuclear waste in the short term, and replacing the uranium fuel cycle in nuclear systems with the thorium fuel cycle in the long term. The latter would provide abundant, reliable and safe energy with no CO2 production, no air pollution, and minimal waste production. The participants, representatives of 30 countries, included Carlo Rubbia, Nobel Prize Laureate in physics and inventor of the Energy Amplifier; Jack Steinberger, Nobel Prize Laureate in physics; Hans Blix, former Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Rolf Heuer, Director General of CERN; Pascal Couchepin, former President of the Swiss Confederation; and Claude Haegi, President of the FEDRE, to name just a few. The ThEC13 proceedings are a source of reference on the use of thorium for energy generation. They offer detailed technical reviews of the status of thorium energy technologies, from basic R&D to industrial developments. They also describe how thorium can be used in critical reactors and in subcritical accelerator-driven systems (ADS), answering the important questions: - Why is thorium so attractive and what is the role of innovation, in particular in the nuclear energy domain? - What are the national and international R&D programs on thorium technologies and how are they progressing? ThEC13 was organized jointly by the international Thorium Energy Committee (iThEC), an association based in Geneva, and the International Thorium Energy Organisation (IThEO). It was held in the Globe of Science and Innovation at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland, in October 2013.
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Revol, Jean-Pierre, editor.
Bourquin, Maurice, editor.
Kadi, Yacine, editor.
Lillestøl, Egil, editor.
Mestral, Jean-Christophe de, editor.
Samec, Karel, editor.
Bourquin, Maurice, editor.
Kadi, Yacine, editor.
Lillestøl, Egil, editor.
Mestral, Jean-Christophe de, editor.
Samec, Karel, editor.
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Table of Contents
Welcome
A Plea for Innovation
A Future for Thorium Power
Towards Sustainable, Secure and Safe Energy Future: Leveraging Opportunities with Thorium
Thorium Energy and Molten Salt Reactor R&D in China
The Japanese Thorium Program
Thorium Fuel Cycle activities in IAEA
Overview of European Experience with Thorium fuels
Overview of the Thorium Programme in India
The UK's Strategy on Thorium Nuclear Technologies
Feasibility and Desirability of Employing the Thorium Fuel Cycle for Power Generation
MYRRHA: A Flexible and Fast Spectrum Irradiation Facility.
A Plea for Innovation
A Future for Thorium Power
Towards Sustainable, Secure and Safe Energy Future: Leveraging Opportunities with Thorium
Thorium Energy and Molten Salt Reactor R&D in China
The Japanese Thorium Program
Thorium Fuel Cycle activities in IAEA
Overview of European Experience with Thorium fuels
Overview of the Thorium Programme in India
The UK's Strategy on Thorium Nuclear Technologies
Feasibility and Desirability of Employing the Thorium Fuel Cycle for Power Generation
MYRRHA: A Flexible and Fast Spectrum Irradiation Facility.