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60 Years of U: Perspectives on resources, demand, and the evolving role of nuclear energy
Recent years have seen growing global interest in nuclear energy and rising confidence in the sector. For the first time since the early 2000s, there is renewed optimism about the industry’s future. This change is driven by several major factors: geopolitical developments that highlight the need for secure energy supplies, a stronger focus on resilient energy systems, national commitments to decarbonization, and rising demand for clean and reliable electricity.
H. Deuber
Nuclear Technology | Volume 72 | Number 1 | January 1986 | Pages 39-43
Technical Paper | Nuclear Safety | doi.org/10.13182/NT86-A33750
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In order to enable a realistic assessment of the 131I radiation exposure of the population living in the vicinity of light water reactors (LWRs) in normal operation, measurements were taken of the fractions of physicochemical 131I species in the stack exhaust air of five LWRs in the Federal Republic of Germany over periods of up to 3 yr. It is concluded that for these LWRs generally conservative values of the calculated 131I radiation exposure result if fractions for the radioecologically critical elemental131I and for the far less important organic 131I of 50% each are used.
