Nuclear power inexpensive energy

In addition to more that 300 papers published in professional journals, Dr. Cohen has written six books Heart of the Atom (Doubleday, 1967), translated into French, German, Italian, and Japanese Concepts of Nuclear Physics (McGraw-Hill, 1971), translated into Arabic and republished by Tata McGraw-Hill (India) Nuclear Science and Society (Doubleday, 1974) Before It s Too Late A Scientist s Case for Nuclear Power (Plenum, 1983), translated into Turkish Radon (Consumer Reports Books, 1987, and Avon Books, 1989) and The Nuclear Energy Option, Alternative for the Nineties (Plenum, 1990), tran slate d into Jap an e s e an d Span -ish. Dr. Cohen developed an inexpensive, accurate radon measurement device thathas been used by thousands of homeowners. 

Where inexpensive electric power is available, for example off-peak hydro-power or nuclear power, hydrogen can be produced by electrolysis of water. Another approach is to use solar energy to "split" water into H2 and 02. The feasibility of this scheme depends on the development of catalysts that absorb sunlight and then use the energy to reduce water to hydrogen. 

Canadian utilities normally meet the base-load requirements of the grid with the most inexpensive source of electrical energy, primarily with hydroelectricity and nuclear power. Because the fraction of electricity derived from nuclear power has increased in recent years for some utilities, HWRs may be expected to operate in various modes of load following in the future. These operations may require fuel to be power cycled on a weekly or daily or even hourly basis, depending on the grid. This requirement is especially important for those utilities whose reactors are connected to comparatively small grids. 

Nuclear fusion does not require uranium fuel and does not produce radioactive waste, and has no risk of explosive radiation-releasing accidents, but it takes place at a temperature of several million degrees. Nuclear fusion occurs in the sun, its fuel is hydrogen and, as such, it is an inexhaustible and a clean energy source. The problem with this technology is that, because it operates at several million degrees of temperature, its development is extremely expensive, and it will take at least until 2050 before the first fusion power plant can be built (Tokomak fusion test reactors). It is estimated that it will be 50 times more expensive than a regular power plant, and its safety is unpredictable. In short, the only safe and inexpensive fusion reactor is the Sun ... 

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