Abstract
The discovery and the application of nuclear energy constitute the most important technological achievement of the past century. However, the development and the exploitation of this technology have been remarkably smaller than foreseeable. An overview of the significant features of the nuclear technology including the comparison with competitive energy sources is made. The “embedded” safety engineering and the pollution are discussed and the main features are mentioned. Indeed, nuclear technology can be applied for the sustainable society development by producing substantial amount of clean water from the ocean. The idea is to build up nuclear power plant sites that produce desalinated water and pump it several tens of kilometers away to form a lake into a desert region. This could help to establish the conditions for an agriculture-based civilization.
Highlights
The nuclear energy constitutes the most relevant discovery of the past century
The actual cost of energy should have a role inside a broader context where the available natural resources and the level of technological development of individual countries are properly considered
All energy sources are needed for the “sustainable” development of the mankind
Summary
The nuclear energy constitutes the most relevant discovery of the past century. This can be compared with the discovery of the fire and is sometimes referred as “nuclear fire” to distinguish it from the “chemical fire” available to the humanity several millennia before. Other than the number of fatalities and the environmental impact, two major considerations should drive the industrialized countries toward a more profitable consumption of nuclear energy: The use of nuclear energy preserves the consumption of fossil materials produced on the earth during hundreds million years, avoiding their full burning in less than a century. The out-comings of the study are expected to be useful for open minds willing to support the nuclear energy option in the present civilization and to protect the environment from the products associated with the chemical fire when adopted for electricity production [1]. Conditions are created in this way to develop a human civilization based upon the autonomous agriculture resources around the river and the lake. The benefit of using nuclear technology for providing water resources around a dry river is emphasized
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