Introduction
On December 20, 1951 in Arco, Idaho, Experimental Breeder Reactor I produced the first electric power from nuclear energy, lighting four light bulbs. Since then the importance of nuclear energy for peace purposes has been growing at a very fast pace. In 1984, the atom overtook hydropower to become the second largest source of electricity, after coal. Most of the commercial nuclear power reactors operating or under construction in the world today require \'enriched\' uranium for their fuel.
In the long term, nuclear power will probably gain more acceptance after the nuclear risks are put in proper perspective in relation to environmental and climate impacts of the other realistic alternatives. There exists an effective way to increase nuclear production by exploiting technical development in current plants and by modernizing them. That is also in line with the principles of the sustainable development to utilize current production plants in a more effective way. In......
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