| | NUCLEAR POWER MYTH AND REALITY: The risks and prospects |
| | 1,13 | | MB | of nuclear power |
| | 356 | | stron |
| | 6246 | | ID | Heinrich Böll Foundation |
| | 2006 | | rok |
| | CONTENTS |
| | Foreword . 5 |
| | Chapter 1 |
| | Gerd Rosenkranz: Nuclear Power: Myths and Legends |
| | 1 Introduction 11 |
| | 2 A reminder: The persistent risk of forgetting 11 |
| | 3 Safety: The crucial issue for nuclear power . 13 |
| | 4 Suicide attacks: A new dimension of threat 19 |
| | 5 Nuclear power plants: Radioactive targets in conventional warfare 22 |
| | 6 Siamese twins: Civilian and military nuclear power applications . 24 |
| | 7 The open cycle: Leaks at the front and back . 27 |
| | 8 Nuclear climate protection: Naive proposals 34 |
| | 9 Cheap nuclear power: If the state foots the bill 39 |
| | 10 Conclusion: Renaissance of statements . 48 |
| | Chapter 2 |
| | Antony Froggatt: Nuclear Reactor Hazards |
| | 1 Introduction 57 |
| | 2 Commercial reactor types and their shortcomings 58 |
| | 3 Ageing, PLEX and safety 78 |
| | 4 The terror threat 101 |
| | Further information . 109 |
| | References . 109 |
| | Chapter 3 |
| | Jurgen Kreusch,Wolfgang Neumann, Detlef Appel and Peter Diehl: Nuclear Fuel Cycle |
| | 1 The Nuclear Fuel Cycle . 117 |
| | 2 Uranium Mining . 118 |
| | 3 Nuclear Waste Management 144 |
| | 4 Literature . 179 |
| | Chapter 4 |
| | Otfried Nassauer: Nuclear Energy and Proliferation |
| | 1 Introduction . 185 |
| | 2 Civilian nuclear installations 188 |
| | 3 Proliferation risks 191 |
| | 4 Instruments to control and contain proliferation 207 |
| | 5 A world in search of energy 220 |
| | 6 Additional information 224 |
| | Chapter 5 |
| | Stephen Thomas: The Economics of Nuclear Power |
| | 1 Introduction . 231 |
| | 2 The world market for nuclear plants . 232 |
| | 3 Current designs . 240 |
| | 4 Key determinants of nuclear economics 246 |
| | 5 Recent studies on nuclear costs 261 |
| | 6 Need for and extent of public subsidies . 267 |
| | 7 Conclusions 269 |
| | Appendix 1: Discounting, cost of capital . 275 |
| | Appendix 2: Nuclear reactor technologies . 278 |
| | Appendix 3: Nuclear reactor vendors 280 |
| | Appendix 4: Decommissioning 283 |
| | Chapter 6 |
| | Felix Chr. Matthes: Nuclear Energy and Climate Change |
| | 1 Introduction . 291 |
| | 2 The challenge of climate change . 293 |
| | 3 Business as usual . 299 |
| | 4 Dealing with complex structures of risks . 307 |
| | 5 Mitigation options . 312 |
| | 6 Key strategies: a case study on Germany 337 |
| | 7 Conclusions 342 |
| | 8 References 345 |
| | Abbreviations . 349 |
| | Biographies of the authors 351 |
| | Heinrich Böll Foundation profile 355 |