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  • Thematics
    • theoretical bases
    • energy uses
    • fossil sources
    • Nuclear
    • hydraulic
    • other renewables
    • electricity
    • environment
    • new technologies
    • Energy economics and policy
    • World energy history
    • statistics
  • Authors
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  • Who are we ?
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    nuclear

    Often disliked by its military origins, its major accidents such as Chernobyl or Fukushima, and the uncertainties surrounding the management of its waste, nuclear technology nevertheless provides 13% of the world’s electricity. It is therefore important to have a good understanding of its fundamentals, techniques, fuel cycles, means of ensuring safety as well as the very contrasting policies between countries that reject it and countries that rely on it to meet their electricity needs.

    Nuclear Energy: A Brief History
    Nuclear Energy: A Brief History
    20 October 2021
    At the end of the 19th century, a majority of scientists thought that there was not much left to discover in the field of physics. ” The atom did not exist”: some academics even said so. 1. Scientific discoveries The history of nuclear energy began by chance on March 1896.
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