The Risks of Nuclear Energy Technology

Keßler, G.; Veser, Anke; Schlüter, Franz‐Hermann; Raskob, W.; Landman, Claudia; Päsler-Sauer, Jürgen

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-55116-1

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“…In this regard, nuclear energy appears to be, usually, a rather contentious energy source. This is due to a number of risks: the possibility of accidents, the production and potential release of radioactive waste disposal, the risk of nuclear proliferation, uncertainties about construction time, expensive capital costs, geopolitical risks, and decommissioning challenges [4]. These might lead to radical opposition or skepticism towards its implementation, despite the presence, on the other hand, of the potential benefits of energy source diversification and lower emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs) as opposed to other energy sources, ultimately leading to greater social costs associated with nuclear energy [5].…”

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Assessing Views towards Energy Sources with Social Media Data: The Case of Nuclear Energy in the UAE

2021

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Insights from the analysis of views towards energy sources are of paramount importance for the setting of successful energy policies, especially in instances where the public might be reluctant towards certain projects’ implementations. This work presents an analysis of social media comments data given in response to posts around the connection to the grid of a nuclear plant reactor in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). We assessed comments on Facebook posts of local and international media, as well those written in response to a post of a social media influencer. We extracted the main themes and performed sentiment analysis. The results indicate the presence of mixed views towards nuclear energy when focusing on comments on international media’s posts as well as on the social media influencer’s post considered, whilst they were very positive when assessing comments to local media. All in all, nuclear waste and previous nuclear accidents appear to be as the top of the mind; at the same time, solar energy is often suggested in the comments as a viable energy source for the UAE. Implications for the communication of nuclear energy developments in social media are discussed.

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Assessing Views towards Energy Sources with Social Media Data: The Case of Nuclear Energy in the UAE

2021

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“…Scientists are interested in developing many different alloys that are characterized by improved mechanical and tribo-chemical properties to face physical and chemical corrosion in the critical reactor environment [10][11][12]. This is in addition to the intense exposure to high temperatures of ionizing and non-ionizing rays of high density and intensity, which clearly affects the efficiency of the alloys used in constructing the reactor parts, which may reduce the expected final output of the total energy produced by the reactor, which is the main goal of this structure [13].…”

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Characterization of Nuclear Properties of Fe- based Alloys for Application in Nuclear Domain

El-Hossary,

Al-Shelkamy

2024

Journal of the Egyptian Society for Basic Sciences-Physics

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The basic aim for the current paper is to investigate the influence of addition of three different chemical elements including Tungsten, Aluminum and Cobalt to the Fe-Composite Alloys prepared by the powder technology compared with a reference stainless steel alloy to be applied for the nuclear domain. The nuclear characterization for the selected Fe-alloys is performed against thermal neutrons add to gamma ray.Where, the incident gamma ray has been optimized theoretically against the energy range beginning from [200 to 3000] keV. The study recommends sample S2 Fecomposite alloy as a good thermal neutrons absorber material and suitable shield against gamma ray prepared by powder technology technique for the nuclear domain application.

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