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*[http://www.thesciencecouncil.com/pdfs/PlentifulEnergy.pdf PLENTIFUL ENERGY The Story of the Integral Fast Reactor] C.E. Till and Y.I. Chang, 2011. Argonne Lab's best design, a metal-fueled, sodium-cooled, [[Fast neutron reactor]]. | |||
*[https://thorconpower.com/docs/docs_v130_isle20190315.pdf ThorCon Isle] details of a complete nuclear power plant. | *[https://thorconpower.com/docs/docs_v130_isle20190315.pdf ThorCon Isle] details of a complete nuclear power plant. | ||
*[https://aris.iaea.org Advanced Reactors Information System] IAEA Database on Advanced Nuclear Power Reactors. | *[https://aris.iaea.org Advanced Reactors Information System] IAEA Database on Advanced Nuclear Power Reactors. | ||
*[https://gain.inl.gov/SiteAssets/Advanced%20Nuclear%20Directory/Archive/Advanced%20Nuclear%20Directory_2%2018%2019.pdf Advance Nuclear Directory] Developers, Suppliers, and National Laboratories. | *[https://gain.inl.gov/SiteAssets/Advanced%20Nuclear%20Directory/Archive/Advanced%20Nuclear%20Directory_2%2018%2019.pdf Advance Nuclear Directory] Developers, Suppliers, and National Laboratories. | ||
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General References
- World Nuclear Information Library a well-organized authoritative collection of information on nuclear power.
- Our World in Data has a section on Energy and Environment with nice interactive graphics.
- LowCarbonPower.org Olof Nordenstam's excellent interactive charts with updated data on 215 countries and 9 energy sources.
- Fission is in Fashion -- Energy Policy with Energy Realism Robert Hargraves, 2022, Self-paced, graphic presentations based on a course at Dartmouth College telling the story of energy from the discovery of fire to the current debate over nuclear fission.
The Renewables Only debate
- Derek Abbott (2011) Is Nuclear Power Globally Scalable? Proceedings of the IEEE 99:1611-17 dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPROC.2011.2161806 A paper frequently quoted by anti-nuclear advocates, alleging fifteen "fundamental engineering and resource scaling limits that make the notion of a nuclear utopia somewhat impractical".
- Mark Z. Jacobson (2020). 100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 1108790836.
- Christopher Clack et al. (2017) critique of Jacobson's 100% Renewables Proposal Proc. National Academy of Sciences 114(26):6722-27.
- Mike Conley, Tim Maloney (2017) Roadmap to Nowhere critique of Jacobson’s Roadmap.
- Heard BP et al. (2017) Burden of proof: A comprehensive review of the feasibility of 100% renewable-electricity systems Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 76:1122–33 dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2017.03.114
- Sovacool, et al.(2020) Differences in carbon emissions reduction between countries pursuing renewable electricity versus nuclear power. Nat Energy 5, 928–935 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-020-00696-3
- Ted Nordhaus (2021) On Anti-Nuclear Bullshit counter to Sovacool's claims.
- Edwin Lyman, Union of Concerned Scientists (2021) Advanced Isn’t Always Better Assessing the Safety, Security, and Environmental Impacts of Non-Light-Water Nuclear Reactors.
- Kurt Smithpeters (2022) critique of Lyman’s UCS paper ses1sez.substack.com.
- Krall LM et al. (2022) Nuclear waste from small modular reactors Proc. National Academy of Sciences 119(23):e2111833119 doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2111833119.
- Dan Yurman (2022) Stanford's Questionable Study on Spent Nuclear Fuel for SMRs, neutronbytes.com/2022/05/31.
- Charles McCombie et al. (2022) SMRs: a big game changer? Nuclear Engineering International, April 2022, pp.19-23. A discussion of the political barriers to acceptance of the new reactors.
- Iida Ruishalme, Thoughtscapism - Climate and Energy excellent science, excellent graphics, and excellent writing.
Videos
- Nuclear Power Debate Firing Line 2021 - the best arguments from both sides.
- Pandora's Promise 2013 documentary examines some of the widespread beliefs about the dangers of nuclear energy.
- Why renewables can’t save the planet | Michael Shellenberger | TEDxDanubia 2019. An environmental activist who now supports nuclear power.
- Chernobyl - HBO Miniseries 2019 Emmy and Golden Globe winning miniseries, grossly exaggerates radiation dangers.
- How HBO Got It Wrong On Chernobyl review in Forbes by James Conca, environmental scientist.
- Collection of videos on nuclear power by Gordon McDowell, Canadian videographer.
Safety
Waste Management
Weapon Proliferation
- Kryuchkov et.al. (2011) 'Isotopic Uranium and Plutonium Denaturing as an Effective Method for Nuclear Fuel Proliferation Protection in Open and Closed Fuel Cycles' https://www.doi.org/10.5772/17822 How nuclear fuel can be made useless for bombs by denaturing (diluting fissile isotopes with hard-to-separate non-fissile, e.g. diluting U-235 with U-238) and by adding a radiation barrier (isotopes that will make stolen fuel easy to detect, hard to handle, and make a bomb fizzle, not detonate).
Cost
Reactor Designs
- PLENTIFUL ENERGY The Story of the Integral Fast Reactor C.E. Till and Y.I. Chang, 2011. Argonne Lab's best design, a metal-fueled, sodium-cooled, Fast neutron reactor.
- ThorCon Isle details of a complete nuclear power plant.
- Advanced Reactors Information System IAEA Database on Advanced Nuclear Power Reactors.
- Advance Nuclear Directory Developers, Suppliers, and National Laboratories.