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Smarter waste strategies: Helping deliver on the promise of advanced nuclear
At COP28, held in Dubai in 2023, a clear consensus emerged: Nuclear energy must be a cornerstone of the global clean energy transition. With electricity demand projected to soar as we decarbonize not just power but also industry, transport, and heat, the case for new nuclear is compelling. More than 20 countries committed to tripling global nuclear capacity by 2050. In the United States alone, the Department of Energy forecasts that the country’s current nuclear capacity could more than triple, adding 200 GW of new nuclear to the existing 95 GW by mid-century.
Norberto Piccinini, Rodolfo Simonetto, Giovanni Del Tin
Nuclear Technology | Volume 57 | Number 2 | May 1982 | Pages 243-254
Technical Paper | Radioisotopes and Isotope | doi.org/10.13182/NT82-A26287
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
An assessment is made of the feasibility of employing spent nuclear fuel elements as a gamma source for the sterilization of sludges generated by industrial and municipal waste-water biological treatment plants. The ORIGEN code is used to determine the strength time pattern of the gamma radiation from the fuel elements of a pressurized water reactor power station with two 1000-MW(electric) reactors when placed in its storage pool Some solutions are suggested for the use of such pools as ponds for the radiotreatment of sludges. Preliminary results show that sufficiently high doses of gamma radiation for the treatment of significantly large quantities of sludge can be obtained. The induced activity is within limits comparable to or less than those occurring naturally in currently used substances.
