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#50AMNT www.amnt2019.com Take a Glimpse into the Future Technolution – The Co-Evolution Between Techology and Humankind › Matthias Horx ‹ Trend Researcher and Futurologist, Austria Tuesday, 7 th Mai 2019, 6:30 pm Media Partners Celebrate with us our 50 th anniversary
atw Vol. 64 (2019) | Issue 2 ı February The Same Procedure 63 Anyone who is enthusiastic about the construction of a nuclear power plant today must consider the fact that this plant will technically still run in 80 or even 100 years under politically reliable framework conditions. For nuclear power plants that are in operation today, even for 30 to 40 years, technical operating lives of 60 years are a matter of course, and in the USA, for example, 80 years are undergoing technical and regulatory evaluation. As far as the guarantee of continued highest safety levels is concerned, statements are very clear: A “retirement loan” is not granted, nor does it have to, since highest safety is also guaranteed for running plants by ongoing quality management and for new technical findings by retrofitting. Such long-term prospects also raise the question of whether sufficient nuclear fuel is available worldwide as a raw material at all. The answer is given periodically, every two years, with the comprehensive report “Uranium: Resources, Production and Demand” by the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) of the Organisation for Economic Development (OECD) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Since the mid-1960s, the two organizations have been publishing this analysis of the global nuclear fuel market, reserves and resources. The Red Book offers a detailed and reliable insight into the current situation of the entire uranium and nuclear fuel supply. The Red Book also provides an outlook on demand and supply forecasts for the coming decades. The data in the 27 th edition, which has now been published, have been compiled with the support of 41 member states of both organisations and analyses by NEA and IAEA experts. They reflect the state of knowledge on 45 countries with nuclear fuel resources and/or requirements as of 1 January 2017. In addition, other aspects of nuclear fuel supply are outlined, such as environmental protection and price development. The opening statement is unequivocal: With the demand level of 2016, sufficient uranium is known worldwide to supply for 130 years. Further nuclear fuel resources have been identified, but are not yet taken into account because they are not strategically necessary! On the uranium supply side, the Red Book again identifies an increase in resources compared to 2015: According to the list classified by costs step by step, a total of 7.989 million tonnes of uranium at production costs
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