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Non-carbon-based fuels Nuclear energy Use of nuclear fuels for the production of electric energy used by sectors that require a high intensity... 

There is no doubt that nuclear energy will be important to the United States and to the world. An excellent source of information about all aspects of nuclear energy use is the book Power to Save the World—The Truth About Nuclear Energy, by Gwyneth Cravens (Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2007). This book is a thorough but very readable treatment of the subject. 

The Project implemented will allow to reduce fossil fuel consumption fuel transportation costs reduce the negative impact upon the environment improve social and economic conditions in the Region develop the scientific and technical potential of the country retain the existing and create new jobs in the European part of Russia expand nuclear industry s importing and international cooperation in the field of nuclear energy use contribute to improvement of the positive image of nuclear energy for civilian plication. 

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The Chernobyl accident in Ukraine of 1986 and the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan of 2011 has caused massive public fear. Nevertheless, developing countries like India and China are growing rapidly, and with it their nuclear energy use too. In contrast, countries like Germany are abandoning nuclear power. 

The general debate of nuclear energy use was pursued on worldwide and national scales and, both in France and abroad, nuclear energy and La Hague were often synonyms. The semantic connection is just as much an important issue for the residents as for the traditional activities of the region that found itself associated with... 

The] promising perspective is expansion of nuclear energy using fast breeder reactors starting with enriched uranium fuel and step-by-step replacement with plutonium Juel. 

In 1993, French consumption of these products was around 6 Mt and 2.5 Mt respectively for use in burners and in diesel engines. The latter figure appears in the statistics under the heading, marine bunker fuel . Its consumption been relatively stable for several years, whereas heavy industrial fuel use has diminished considerably owing to the development of nuclear energy. However, it seems that heavy fuel consumption has reached a bottom limit in areas where it is difficult to replace, e.g., cement plants. 

Commercial-grade zirconium contains from 1 to 3% hafnium. Zirconium has a low absorption cross section for neutrons, and is therefore used for nuclear energy applications, such as for... 

It is used in certain nickel-based alloys, such as the "Hastelloys(R)" which are heat-resistant and corrosion-resistant to chemical solutions. Molybdenum oxidizes at elevated temperatures. The metal has found recent application as electrodes for electrically heated glass furnaces and foreheaths. The metal is also used in nuclear energy applications and for missile and aircraft parts. Molybdenum is valuable as a catalyst in the refining of petroleum. It has found applications as a filament material in electronic and electrical applications. Molybdenum is an... 

Energy Use and Conservation. A variety of materials are needed for high performance thermal insulation, particularly as components of nuclear reactors. Replacements for asbestos fibers are needed for components such as reactor core flooring, plumbing, and packaging. The fibers must be very resistant to high temperatures with outstanding dimensional stabiHty and resistance to compression. 

Gadolinium s extremely high cross section for thermal neutrons, 4.6 x 10 (46,000 bams) per atom, is the reason for its extensive use in the nuclear energy (see Nuclearreactors). It is used as a component of the fuel or control rods, where it acts as a consumable poison, a trap for neutrons in the reactor (39). 

Aircraft Reactors. As early as World War II, the U.S. Army Air Force considered the use of a nuclear reactor for the propulsion of aircraft (62—64). In 1946 the nuclear energy for propulsion of aircraft (NEPA) program was set up at Oak Ridge, under Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corporation. Basic theoretical and experimental studies were carried out. The emphasis was on materials. A high temperature reactor was built and operated successfiiUy. 

The detection and determination of traces of cobalt is of concern in such diverse areas as soflds, plants, fertilizers (qv), stainless and other steels for nuclear energy equipment (see Steel), high purity fissile materials (U, Th), refractory metals (Ta, Nb, Mo, and W), and semiconductors (qv). Useful techniques are spectrophotometry, polarography, emission spectrography, flame photometry, x-ray fluorescence, activation analysis, tracers, and mass spectrography, chromatography, and ion exchange (19) (see Analytical TffiTHODS Spectroscopy, optical Trace and residue analysis). 

See also Nuclear Energy Nuclear Energy, Historical Evolution of the Use of Nuclear Fission Nuclear Fusion. 

Therefore, merely reducing coal use will not he sufficient to satisfy the Protocol. Any plan to comply with the Protocol needs to assume substitution, first by non-combustion energy sources—that is by renewables or nuclear energy—and second by natural gas. This would have to be accompanied by achievement of far greater efficiencies in energy production (for example by introduction of far more fuel-efficient steam gas turbines, driven by natural gas) and by more efficient use of energy. 

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