Recent advances in nuclear power(A review)

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1、ProgressinNuclearEnergy51(2009)225–235ContentslistsavailableatScienceDirectProgressinNuclearEnergyjournalhomepage:www.elsevier.com/locate/pnuceneReviewRecentadvancesinnuclearpower:AreviewMazenM.Abu-Khader*DepartmentofChemicalEngineering,FET,Al-BalqaAppliedUniversity,P.O.Box9515,Al-wiebdeh,11191A

2、mman,JordanabstractKeywords:TheriseinoilpricesandtheincreasedconcernaboutenvironmentalprotectionfromCO2emissionshaveNuclearpowerpromotedtheattentiontotheuseofnuclearpowerasaviableenergysourceforpowergeneration.ThisNucleareconomicsreviewpresentstherecentadvancesinthefieldofnuclearpowerandaddresses

3、theaspectsofnuclearSafetyeconomics,safety,nuclearreactordesignandspentfuelprocessingandwastemanagement.ReactordesignÓ2008ElsevierLtd.Allrightsreserved.SpentfuelprocessingWastemanagement1.Introductionaccidentsinthefullenergychainanalysisanddiscussedthecomparisonofenvironmentalimpactsarisingfromth

4、ewaste-Nuclearpoweralonewon’tgetustowhereweneedtobe,butwemanagementcyclesassociatedwithnon-emissionwaste.won’tgettherewithoutit.Despiteitscontroversialreputation,Whereas,AybarandOrtego(2005)reviewedthenuclearfuelnuclearpowerisefficientandreliable(Whitman,2007).Nuclearperformancecodesandshowedthat

5、recentfueldesignandpoweriseconomicallyfeasibleandmeetsmorethan20%oftheimprovementactivitiesarefocusedontoextendtheburnupofworld’sdemandforelectricity.Whereas,theextraordinaryhighfuelandtheuseofnewmaterials.energydensityofnuclearfuelrelativetofossilfuelsisanadvan-Theexcellentoperatingandsafetyrec

6、ordssupportthenu-tageousphysicalcharacteristic(IAEA,1997).Also,ithelpstoreduceclearpowerasviableoptionforenergysource.STUK(1998)andenvironmentaldegradationduetoelectricity-generationactivities.MattilaandVanttola(2001)presentedthestrategyandresearchForexample,CO2emissionsfromanuclearpowerplantare

7、bytwoneedsfornuclearpowerplantdevelopmentthroughplantordersofmagnitudelowerthanthoseoffossil-fuelledpowermodernizationandpossiblenewconstructioninFinlandandplants.Anumberofstudieshavebeenperformedconsideringnetshowedthatthef