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International seminar on nuclear war and planetary emergencies : 44th session : the role of science in the third millenium : E. Majorana Centre for Scientific Culture, Erice, Italy, 19-24 August 2011 / series editor and chairman, A. Zichichi ; edited by R. Ragaini.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Science and culture series (Singapore). Nuclear strategy and peace technology.Publication details: New Jersey : World Scientific, ©2012.Description: 1 online resource (x, 604 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9814415014
  • 9789814415019
Other title:
  • Role of science in the third millenium
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 363.34 22
LOC classification:
  • HV551.2 .I58 2011
NLM classification:
  • 2012 I-274
  • WA 295
Online resources:
Contents:
1. OPENING SESSION; Antonino Zichichi Science, Culture and the Planetary Emergencies; INTRODUCTION; FIRST POINT ANALYSIS OF THE SO-CALLED MODERN CULTURE; Eugeni Velikhov Nuclear Power in Russia-25 Years after Chernobyl; Lord John Alderdice The Potential Positive Impact of the Irrational on the Success of Science; Richard L. Garwin Learning More from Fukushima Dai-ichi; THE PROBLEM OF WATER ACCUMULATION; COMMENT ON THE EVENTS OF FUKUSHIMA DAI-ICHI; IMPACT OF FUKUSHIMA DAI-ICHI ON THE WORLD NUCLEAR POWER PROGAM; APPENDIX.
Richard Wilson Lessons from History of Radiation Use and Nuclear Accidents, Particularly FukushimaTHE IMPORTANCE OF UNDERSTANDING RADIATION ISSUES FOR IMMEDIATE ANALYSIS AND IMMEDIATE ACTION; Lady Barbara Thomas Judge Nuclear After Fukushima; Jan Szyszko Forests as a Chance for Sustainable Development of Rural Areas in Light of UN Climate Change Convention and UN Convention on Biodiversity; SUSTAINED DEVELOPMENT; Richard S. Lindzen Climate Physics, Feedbacks, and Reductionism -- When does Reductionism Go too Far?; INTRODUCTION; THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT.
SOME OTHER IMPORTANT PHYSICAL CONCEPTS: THE MOIST ADIABAT AND THE ROSSBY RADIUSA FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEM WITH ONE DIMENSIONAL CLIMATE THINKING; ARCTIC TEMPERATURES: A PROBLEM WITH ANNUAL AVERAGES; RETURN TO ONE-DIMENSIONAL THINKING: FEEDBACKS; ESTIMATING CLIMATE SENSITIVITY WITH SURFACE FLUXES; VARIABILITY OF CLIMATE SENSITIVITY; CONCLUDING REMARKS; REFERENCES; 2. ENERGY FOCUS: GLOBAL NUCLEAR ENERGY ISSUES AFTER FUKUSHIMA; Tetsuo Yuhara Energy Perspective and Nuclear Role after Fukushima Daiichi Accident; INTRODUCTION; RETHINKING NUCLEAR POWER PLANT SAFETY ISSUES.
MITIGATION OF GLOBAL WARMING BY OPTIMUM ENERGY MIXTUREINNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY AND DEPLOYMENT; ENERGY ISSUE AND ROLE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY AFTER THE FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI ACCIDENT; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Thomas B. Cochran Global Implications of the Fukushima Disaster for Nuclear Power; INTRODUCTION; ISSUES RAISED BY THE FUKUSHIMA DISASTER; SOME IMPLICATIONS FOR NUCLEAR POWER REACTORS WORLDWIDE; PRINCIPAL CONCLUSIONS; Adnan Shihab-Eldin Nuclear Power in the Middle East Following Fukushima; INTRODUCTION; THE CASE FOR NUCLEAR POWER IN MENA; CHALLENGES FOR INTRODUCTION OF NUCLEAR IN MENA.
IMPACT OF FUKUSHIMACONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; Dadi Zhou Nuclear Power Development in China; RAPID GROWTH OF ENERGY CONSUMPTION AND GHG EMISSION; IMPACT OF FUKUSHIMA; CURRENT RESPONSE FROM CHINA; MAJOR LESSONS AND CONCERNS; IMPROVEMENTS; MAJOR CHALLENGES; OPTIMISTIC FOR FUTURE; COOPERATION NEEDED; Jung-Uck Seo Nuclear Power Plants in South Korea; Lowell Wood and Robert Petroski Toward Manifestly Safe Nuclear Fission-Based Electricity Supply; PRESENT SAFETY OF NUCLEAR ENERGY; MANIFEST SAFETY OF NUCLEAR REACTORS; MANIFEST SAFETY OF THE NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES.
Summary: Proceedings of the 44th Session of the International Seminars on Nuclear War and Planetary Emergencies held in Erice, Sicily. This seminar has again gathered, in 2011, over one hundred scientists in an interdisciplinary effort that has been going on for the last 31 years, to examine and analyze planetary problems which have been followed up, all year long, by the World Federation of Scientists' Permanent Monitoring Panels. Sample Chapter(s). Science, Culture and the Planetary Emergencies (4,689 KB). Contents: Opening Session; Energy (Focus: Global Nuclear Energy Issues After Fukushima); Water.
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1. OPENING SESSION; Antonino Zichichi Science, Culture and the Planetary Emergencies; INTRODUCTION; FIRST POINT ANALYSIS OF THE SO-CALLED MODERN CULTURE; Eugeni Velikhov Nuclear Power in Russia-25 Years after Chernobyl; Lord John Alderdice The Potential Positive Impact of the Irrational on the Success of Science; Richard L. Garwin Learning More from Fukushima Dai-ichi; THE PROBLEM OF WATER ACCUMULATION; COMMENT ON THE EVENTS OF FUKUSHIMA DAI-ICHI; IMPACT OF FUKUSHIMA DAI-ICHI ON THE WORLD NUCLEAR POWER PROGAM; APPENDIX.

Richard Wilson Lessons from History of Radiation Use and Nuclear Accidents, Particularly FukushimaTHE IMPORTANCE OF UNDERSTANDING RADIATION ISSUES FOR IMMEDIATE ANALYSIS AND IMMEDIATE ACTION; Lady Barbara Thomas Judge Nuclear After Fukushima; Jan Szyszko Forests as a Chance for Sustainable Development of Rural Areas in Light of UN Climate Change Convention and UN Convention on Biodiversity; SUSTAINED DEVELOPMENT; Richard S. Lindzen Climate Physics, Feedbacks, and Reductionism -- When does Reductionism Go too Far?; INTRODUCTION; THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT.

SOME OTHER IMPORTANT PHYSICAL CONCEPTS: THE MOIST ADIABAT AND THE ROSSBY RADIUSA FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEM WITH ONE DIMENSIONAL CLIMATE THINKING; ARCTIC TEMPERATURES: A PROBLEM WITH ANNUAL AVERAGES; RETURN TO ONE-DIMENSIONAL THINKING: FEEDBACKS; ESTIMATING CLIMATE SENSITIVITY WITH SURFACE FLUXES; VARIABILITY OF CLIMATE SENSITIVITY; CONCLUDING REMARKS; REFERENCES; 2. ENERGY FOCUS: GLOBAL NUCLEAR ENERGY ISSUES AFTER FUKUSHIMA; Tetsuo Yuhara Energy Perspective and Nuclear Role after Fukushima Daiichi Accident; INTRODUCTION; RETHINKING NUCLEAR POWER PLANT SAFETY ISSUES.

MITIGATION OF GLOBAL WARMING BY OPTIMUM ENERGY MIXTUREINNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY AND DEPLOYMENT; ENERGY ISSUE AND ROLE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY AFTER THE FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI ACCIDENT; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Thomas B. Cochran Global Implications of the Fukushima Disaster for Nuclear Power; INTRODUCTION; ISSUES RAISED BY THE FUKUSHIMA DISASTER; SOME IMPLICATIONS FOR NUCLEAR POWER REACTORS WORLDWIDE; PRINCIPAL CONCLUSIONS; Adnan Shihab-Eldin Nuclear Power in the Middle East Following Fukushima; INTRODUCTION; THE CASE FOR NUCLEAR POWER IN MENA; CHALLENGES FOR INTRODUCTION OF NUCLEAR IN MENA.

IMPACT OF FUKUSHIMACONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; Dadi Zhou Nuclear Power Development in China; RAPID GROWTH OF ENERGY CONSUMPTION AND GHG EMISSION; IMPACT OF FUKUSHIMA; CURRENT RESPONSE FROM CHINA; MAJOR LESSONS AND CONCERNS; IMPROVEMENTS; MAJOR CHALLENGES; OPTIMISTIC FOR FUTURE; COOPERATION NEEDED; Jung-Uck Seo Nuclear Power Plants in South Korea; Lowell Wood and Robert Petroski Toward Manifestly Safe Nuclear Fission-Based Electricity Supply; PRESENT SAFETY OF NUCLEAR ENERGY; MANIFEST SAFETY OF NUCLEAR REACTORS; MANIFEST SAFETY OF THE NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES.

Proceedings of the 44th Session of the International Seminars on Nuclear War and Planetary Emergencies held in Erice, Sicily. This seminar has again gathered, in 2011, over one hundred scientists in an interdisciplinary effort that has been going on for the last 31 years, to examine and analyze planetary problems which have been followed up, all year long, by the World Federation of Scientists' Permanent Monitoring Panels. Sample Chapter(s). Science, Culture and the Planetary Emergencies (4,689 KB). Contents: Opening Session; Energy (Focus: Global Nuclear Energy Issues After Fukushima); Water.

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