Nuclear power for the twenty‐first century
Nuclear power for the twenty‐first century
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二十一世纪的核电
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2003
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Marvin B. Schaffer
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作者：
Marvin B. Schaffer
改进的核反应堆配置，解决环保主义者和安全分析师的主要关注进行了讨论。除了社会接受之外，这些新的发电模式具有成为21世纪主要能源生产者的经济潜力。具有这种前景的发电类别是高温气体反应堆（HTGR）;我们关注的变体是球床模块化反应堆（PBMR）。我们还注重利用核能作为海水淡化的能源。最后，HTGR反应堆是提供制造分子氢所需的高温热量的理想选择，分子氢是清洁燃料消耗的主要候选者。这三个主题是在广泛的背景下发展的，其目标是建议应对全球变暖，公共卫生和经济机会的政策行动。
Improved nuclear reactor configurations that address major concerns of environmentalists and safety analysts are discussed. In addition to social acceptance, these new modes of power generation have economic potential to become the dominant producers of energy in the twenty‐first century. The class of power generation with this promise is the high temperature gas reactor (HTGR); the variant we focus on is the pebble‐bed modular reactor (PBMR). We also focus on using nuclear power as an energy source for desalinating seawater. Finally, the case is made that HTGR reactors are ideal for supplying the high‐temperature heat needed for manufacturing molecular hydrogen, a leading candidate for clean fuel consumption. These three themes are developed in a broad context with the objective of recommending policy actions dealing with global warming, public health, and economic opportunity.