Australia, uranium and nuclear power

Falk, Jim; Green, Jim; Mudd, Gavin Mark

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“…It is also argued that, not only has uranium the potential to cause environmental damage in both Australia and recipients' countries, but also its mining and export contribute little to the national economy (Falk et al, 2006). In 2004, uranium mining and export contributed less than 2% to total export value.…”

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Beyond an energy deal: Impacts of the Sino-Australia uranium agreement

Garnett

Barnes

2008

Energy Policy

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2008

Energy Policy

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“…Assuming 2007 reasonably assured and inferred resources of 5.5 MtU at < US$130/t [96], nuclear power could avoid at least 180 Gt CO 2 until 2100. The future of nuclear power appears to be strongly influenced by public perception and concerns about safety, waste disposal, and proliferation risk [13,14,65,[97][98][99].…”

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“…The formation of public perception is further complicated by the fact that media and political campaigns often comment more rapidly and decisively on contentious issues, thus reaching the public more effectively than sources of less biased factual information. For example nuclear energy is often portrayed and hence perceived as an invisible danger under the control of a few, and associated with military use, suppression of information, and high accident risk [13,14]. On the other hand of the spectrum, large hydroelectric dams are associated with the forceful resettlement of large numbers of people, and the destruction of archaeological heritage and biodiversity [15].…”

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“…The literature stresses that especially the safety of long-term waste disposal is hard to prove, given the very long time horizons, and the lack of experience. Further, in the public perception, nuclear energy is often perceived as an invisible danger under the control of a few, and associated with military use, suppression of information, and high accident risk [13,14,97,98]. Whether scientifically founded or not ( [12], p. 17, states that "the proponents of a 'technical' approach to risk management have long considered that the public's perceptions were unfounded and should not interfere with the objective assessment of risks.…”

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“…c difference between the IPCC SRES A2 and a modified SRES B1 scenario where the technology assumes its economic or resource potential; d kWh th are counted as fossil energy only, hydropotential, nuclear energy and ambient energy are excluded; e [3][4][5]; f full life-cycle; g [18]; h [4]; i Figure 2 in [7]; j [12]; k [8]; m 75 g/kWh with enhanced oil recovery, [9]; n base cost + cost for capture, transport, and storage, 0 value indicates net economic benefit in enhanced oil recovery; o [6]; p Table 1 in [10]; q thermal reactors only; r [11]; s [2,14]; t [15], Tabble 2-17; u [16]; v [17]; w [19]; x highly scale-and sitedependent, [20,21]; y [22]; z [23], excludes variability impacts; aa [24]; ab [25]; ac [17], lower values for conceptual plants, higher values for operational plants; ad [26]; ae [27]; af [28], 20 for binary-cycle plants (emissions embodied in the plant); ag [29]; ah [13,30]; ai [5], assumes existing agricultural lands.…”

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Current State of Development of Electricity-Generating Technologies: A Literature Review

Lenzen

2010

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Electricity is perhaps the most versatile energy carrier in modern economies, and it is therefore fundamentally linked to human and economic development. Electricity growth has outpaced that of any other fuel, leading to ever-increasing shares in the overall mix. This trend is expected to continue throughout the following decades, as largeespecially rural-segments of the world population in developing countries start to climb the "energy ladder" and become connected to power grids. Electricity therefore deserves particular attention with regard to its contribution to global greenhouse gas emissions, which is reflected in the ongoing development of low-carbon technologies for power generation. The focus of this updated review of electricity-generating technologies is twofold: (a) to provide more technical information than is usually found in global assessments on critical technical aspects, such as variability of wind power, and (b) to capture the most recent findings from the international literature. This report covers eight technologies. Seven of these are generating technologies: hydro-, nuclear, wind, photovoltaic, concentrating solar, geothermal and biomass power. The remaining technology is carbon capture and storage. This selection is fairly representative for technologies that are important in terms of their potential capacity to contribute to a lowcarbon world economy.

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Exergy analysis of large and impounded hydropower plants: Case study El Roseires Dam (280 MW)

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Ahmed

Saqr

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Env Prog and Sustain Energy

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Nowadays, one of the major and serious worldly concerns is the limitation of energy resources. Sudan, in specific, confronts a critical crisis in fossil fuel resources due to its separation science 2011, and mostly concerning the production of electricity energy. There are many sources of renewable energies in Sudan such as hydropower.Which it is widely used in Sudan, and one example is Elroseires hydropower plant.This research aims to conduct an exergy analysis of the performance of the Elroseires hydropower plant to identify areas for improvement using actual operation data. The exergy efficiency and exergy destruction rate of each unit in the plant were determined independently. The thermodynamic inefficiencies of all units of the plant were quantified for analysis to identify breakthrough points for further energy savings.Results indicated that the lowest exergy destruction rate occurs in August (20.6 MW) despite the lowest production of energy during this period. This outcome is due to the volumetric flow rate being less than those in other months, thereby leading to minimal flow turbulence that result in low exergy destruction. By contrast, the greatest exergy destruction occurs in December (106.1 MW) because of the high volumetric flow rate for the same pipe diameter. Such condition leads to turbulent flow and results in considerable exergy destruction. This study emphasizes that exergy analysis is useful in determining irreversibilities and losses in Elroseires hydropower plant to improve its thermodynamic performance. K E Y W O R D S electricity, exergy, hydropower plant, renewable energy 1 | INTRODUCTION The demand for energy has increased drastically since the middle of the last century due to industrial development and population growth.Consequently, many countries have started searching for and developing new and renewable sources of energy. Electricity is considered as the most multipurpose energy carrier in our modern global economy because it is primarily associated with human and economic development. Electricity, as a source of energy, is increasingly growing relative to other sources of energy. This trend is expected to increase for decades as large parts of the world population, especially those in developing countries, become connected to power grids. Electricity needs careful attention with regard to its contribution to global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Energy integration is used to reduce the required energy for any process (power saving) and minimize environmental impact; examples include reheat and regenerative heaters in combined cycle power plants, heat recovery in organic Rankine cycle, and thermocoupling and heat pumping in distillation systems. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]

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Australia, uranium and nuclear power

Cited by 21 publications

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Beyond an energy deal: Impacts of the Sino-Australia uranium agreement

Beyond an energy deal: Impacts of the Sino-Australia uranium agreement

Current State of Development of Electricity-Generating Technologies: A Literature Review

Exergy analysis of large and impounded hydropower plants: Case study El Roseires Dam (280 MW)

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