Convening Lead Author (CLA)
Frank von Hippel (Princeton University, USA)
Lead Authors (LA)
Matthew Bunn (Harvard University, USA)
Anatoli Diakov (Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Russia)
Ming DING (Delft University, the Netherlands)
Robert Goldston (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, USA)
Tadahiro Katsuta (Meiji University, Japan)
M.V. Ramana (Princeton University, USA)
Tatsujiro Suzuki (Tokyo University, Japan)
Suyuan YU (Tsinghua University, China)
Contributing Authors (CA)
Charles McCombie (Independent Consultant)
Review Editor
John Ahearne (Sigma Xi, USA)
14.1 Introduction
14.1.1 Global And Regional Nuclear Capacity
14.1.2 Projections For Expansion
14.1.3 Fuel Cycles
14.1.4 Current Reactor Technology
14.2 The Costs Of Nuclear Power
14.2.1 Government Subsidies
14.3 Country Studies
14.3.1 China
14.3.2 India
14.3.3 Japan
14.3.4 South Korea
14.3.5 Russia
14.3.6 United States
14.3.7 Western Europe
14.4 Advanced Reactor Technology
14.4.1 Generation Iii+ Light-Water Reactors
14.4.2 Fast-Neutron Reactors For Breeding And Burning
14.4.3 Thermal (Slow)-Neutron Reactors
14.4.4 Low-Power And Transportable Reactors
14.4.5 Safer Reactor Designs
14.5 Once-Through Versus Plutonium Recycling
14.5.1 Radioactive Waste
14.6 Risks From Large-Scale Releases Of Radioactivity To The Atmosphere
14.7 Nuclear Weapon Proliferation
14.7.1 The Nonproliferation Regime
14.7.2 Controlling Enrichment And Reprocessing Technologies
14.7.3 Risk Of Nuclear-Explosive Terrorism
14.8 Institutional Requirements
14.8.1 International Institutions
14.9 Public Acceptance
14.10 Policy Recommendations
14.10.1 Reducing The Risk Of Catastrophic Releases Of Radioactivity
14.10.2 Increasing Proliferation Resistance
14.11 Fusion Power
14.11.1 Resources
14.11.2 Technologies
14.11.3 Comparison Of Fusion And Fission Power
14.11.4 R&D Status
14.11.5 R&D Needs
14.11.6 Possible Deployment Scenarios
14.11.7 Policy Recommendations
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