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.
The following helps to understand the ins and outs.Since the 1950s, many nuclear power reactors have been built (see: History of nuclear energy), most of whichare pressurized water reactors (see: Nuclear reactors). However, many other methods have been explored, some of which continue to be studied, such as molten salt
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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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