Evaluation of a Hypothetical „NUclear Renaissance“
Abstract
The EHNUR-Project has the intention to use the well-known competence of the applicant and its partners in the fields of various kinds of nuclear technologies to perform a critical analysis of expectations for the future contributions of nuclear energy, and to put the result of this analysis in relationship to the requirements of a successful fight against global warming (resp. the mitigation of its progress and effects), the geographical distribution and availability of limited resources as well as the requirements of present and future energy systems. This analysis would go beyond existing ones and for example put its focus on the spectrum of the used technology, from upgrading of already used technologies and lifetime extensions of existing power plants over evolutionary improvements of reactor-designs up to revolutionary or even avantgardistic technology designs. Based on the expectations regarding the required research efforts to make new reactor generations market-ready this needs to be assigned to a proper time spectrum. Potential bottlenecks for adding generation capacity and especially the availability of fuel, its conditions, and the fuel–flow schemes and cycles are treated as a key factor influencing the feasibility limits of nuclear power conversion. The spectrum of secondary energy carriers that can be made available within Nuclear energy use (an extension compared to the current single focus on electricity) has to be related to the sectoral-requirements of final energy use. Assumptions about expected or modelled development of energy consumption derived from prognoses and scenarios as well as the emissions of greenhouse gases that are hard-linked to mankind’s energy use are the matrix for the assessment. Finally the influences of nuclear energy on the development of energy systems have to be assessed against the reduction-requirements for greenhouse gas emissions agreed on the political level and the requirements having their origin directly int the results of climate-resarch. The target of the EHNUR project is the creation of a rational and broad knowledge-base for argumentation to support decisionmakers, and knowledge transfers towards opinion-leaders within the dissemination procedure performed for the project results.
Publikationen
Project staff
Nikolaus Arnold
Mag. Nikolaus Arnold MBA
nikolaus.arnold@boku.ac.at
Project Leader
01.01.2011 - 31.03.2013
Wolfgang Kromp
Ao.Univ.Prof.i.R. Dr. Wolfgang Kromp
wolfgang.kromp@boku.ac.at
Sub Projectleader
01.01.2011 - 31.03.2013
Gueorgui Kastchiev
Mag. Dr. Gueorgui Kastchiev
gueorgui.kastchiev@boku.ac.at
Project Staff
01.01.2011 - 31.03.2013
Emmerich Seidelberger
Dipl.-Ing. Emmerich Seidelberger
emmerich.seidelberger@boku.ac.at
Project Staff
01.01.2011 - 31.03.2013
BOKU partners
External partners
Technische Universität Darmstadt
none
partner