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+====Fast reactors are being produced and researched around the world, and are more sustainable than current reactors. It is essential that intra-country action is taken for research in this field. Tanaka '09==== |
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+S. Tanaka " RECYCLE STRATEGIES FOR FAST REACTORS AND RELATED FUEL CYCLE TECHNOLOGIES." Fast Reactors and Related Fuel Cycles: Challenges and Opportunities (2009): n. pag. Web |
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+Fast reactors and related fuel cycle (hereinafter referred to as "Fast reactor cycle |
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+one of the few nations who have both experimental and prototype fast reactors. |
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+===CP: European Countries/Japan/India/United States/Russia/ Countries ought to produce nuclear power only from Fast Neutron Reactors=== |
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+==Competition: == |
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+The aff advocates for a total prohibition on nuclear power, including the use of fast breed reactors, thus the CP is mutually exclusive. |
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+====Fast Breed Reactors can decrease the lifetime of waste from reactors and increase efficiency, thus reducing the need for more mining. Taebi '10==== |
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+Taebi, B. Philos. Technol. (2011) 24: 169. doi:10.1007/s13347-011-0022-y |
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+Partitioning and Transmutation: In addition to reprocessing, a further deactivating of the remaining |
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+; therefore, it does not score well on the no harm duty. |
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+====Current fast reactor designs can burn plutonium waste to produce energy, which can solve for nuclear waste issues. Pearce '12==== |
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+Pearce, Fred. "Are Fast-breeder Reactors the Answer to Our Nuclear Waste Nightmare? ~| Fred Pearce." The Guardian. Guardian News and Media, 2012. Web. 16 Sept. 2016. |
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+And yet, some scientists say, we have the technology to burn plutonium in |
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+unique problem with its stockpile of purified plutonium dioxide could break the logjam. |
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+===Net Benefit: === |
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+===Sustainability === |
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+====Fast Breed reactors use 1 of the uranium needed for LWRs, increasing sustainability. Fetter '09==== |
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+By Continuing to Browse the Site You Are Agreeing to Our Use of Cookies in Accordance with Our Cookie Policy. "How Long Will the World's Uranium Supplies Last?" Scientific American. N.p., 2009. Web. 16 Sept. 2016. |
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+If the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) has accurately estimated the planet's economically accessible |
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+output for 30,000 years using only the NEA-estimated supplies. |
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+**====In Europe, nuclear energy remains central to energy security – fast reactors can solve for sustainability, safety, and environmental concerns. Schenkel '09.====** |
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+R. Schenkel " FAST REACTOR RESEARCH IN EUROPE: THE WAY TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY." Fast Reactors and Related Fuel Cycles: Challenges and Opportunities (2009): n. pag. Web |
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+reaching initiatives from promoting energy efficient light bulbs and cars to new building codes, |
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+IV International Forum. European coordination is entrusted to the Joint Research Centre. |
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+====Current electricity generation mostly stems from LWRs (in the nuclear field), and at the current path is expected to grow. This will make sustainability a larger problem – FNRs can solve for both resource usage AND waste disposal. Carbonnier '09==== |
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+Carbonnier, J. L. "ADVANCED AND INNOVATIVE REACTOR CONCEPT DESIGNS, ASSOCIATED OBJECTIVES AND DRIVING FORCES." Fast Reactors and Related Fuel Cycles: Challenges and Opportunities (2009): n. pag. Web. |
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+Nuclear Energy appears more and more as an option which cannot be ignored, in |
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+the timing appropriate: economic competitivity of FNRs, increase of uranium cost… |
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+====Fast Reactors are cheaper than current thermal reactors in terms of cost, and continued production of fast reactors promise to meet the energy needs of the 21^^st^^ century. Orlov '09==== |
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+Yu. I. Orlov. " LIQUID METAL COOLANT TECHNOLOGY FOR FAST REACTORS." Fast Reactors and Related Fuel Cycles: Challenges and Opportunities (2009): n. pag. Web. |
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+As the result of comprehending (already at the Kurchatov Institute) the causes for |
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+of advanced countries with no further limits in terms of cheap fuel resources. |