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Von der Leyen shares regrets, growth plans at European nuclear summit
In 1990, 30 percent of Europe’s electricity came from nuclear power plants. In 2026, it is closer to 15 percent.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen lamented the decline of nuclear energy, calling it a “strategic mistake” when Europe turned its back on a “reliable, affordable source of low-emissions power.”
Chien C. Lin
Nuclear Technology | Volume 97 | Number 1 | January 1992 | Pages 71-78
Technical Paper | Nuclear Reactor Safety | doi.org/10.13182/NT92-A34627
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The investigation of the chemistry and steam transport behavior of radioiodine in boiling water reactors has been extended to four more reactors during fullscale hydrogen water chemistry (HWC) tests. Under the reducing coolant chemistry environment, most of the radioiodine was found in the iodide (I-) form. The iodine steam carryover was found to increase in varying degree under HWC conditions in two reactors and was practically unchanged in the other two reactors. The variations in radioiodine chemical forms and steam carryover are discussed in terms of radiolytic reactions, and the effect of copper ions in the reactor water is qualitatively evaluated. The effect of HWC on radioiodine transport is not significant.