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From page 657...
... See Light water reactor recommendations for, 258-260 safety of, 218 Advanced reactors, fuel cycles of, 241 Africa natural gas exports, 522 oil reserves in, 515-518 trade surplus, 523 uranium in. 518-519, 522 Agricultural residues.
From page 658...
... 27.29 30, 32-34, 38-39, 214-215. 244 abandonment of, 65, 525 versus advanced converters, 256 258 cores fur, 253 flexibility of, 251-253 fusion reactor as, 386-387 gas-cooled fast breeder reactor See Gas-cooled fast breeder reactor illegal diversion duringreprocessing,218 industrial position on, 213 light water reactor See Light water reactor liquid-metal fast breeder reactor See Liquid-metal fast breeder reactor national energy policies, 525 postponement of.
From page 659...
... E., 404 Canada, 135, 504, 517 Athabascan tar sands in, 517 GNP and energy use, 108 natural gas reserves, 142, 515 oil consumption, 1973-1977, 509 oil exploration in, 518 oil exports, 507 reactors, 214 uranium in, 518-519, 522 Cancer and air pollution, 455 459 coal energy cycle, 52 53 and coal miners, 431-432 and costs for avoiding risk, 443 deaths from emissions, 52-53 and fission, 439 and ionizing radiations, 432-434 and oil, 423 and smoking, 436 and uranium mining, 216 CANDY, 28—29, 214—215, 245—247 costs, 248 flexibility of, 250-253 once-through cycle costs, 248-249 Cannon, Robert H., Jr., 629, 642 Capital constant availability of, 113-114 and labor inputs, 122 light water reactors, 247-248 for nuclear power plants, 264-265 for technological advances, 111 112 Capital stock, 11, 68 Car pools, 90 Carbon dioxide 57-58 from coal 147 and combustion, 453-454 from fossil fuels, 20, 24 and global climate, 469-473 ocean thermal conversion, 371-372 risks, 487 659 Carbon monoxide, 51 Carbon-steel tanks for radioactive wastes, 306 Cartels OPEC See Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPLC) uranium prices, 520 Carter, Jimmy, 306, 348 349 Cash surpluses, countries with.
From page 660...
... 165- 166 decline in use o h 505 in developing countries' 526 disabbnt injuries in mining, 188 189 and diseases, 431 distribution of resources, 153 155 157-158 eastern regions, 153, 186 ecosystem risks of, 479 electricity generation from, 161. 163 164 energy from, 158 Energy Information Administration projections, 566 energy storage, 172-173 environmental problems, 148, 507 export of, 64 523 fatalities in mining, 188-189, 428 federal leasing policy, 192 193 flue gasdesulfuriztttion 164-166 fluidized-bed combustion, 166-167 169, 17()
From page 661...
... Ate CLAP Contracts and coal production 193 Contributors 654 Converters 210 ad anced nu (car con erter See Advanced con erters Coproce sing 218 Core for fa t breeders 253 Cost-heneRt ana(vsit 484 Costs and best available control technology 426 of drilling 131 energy farming. 377 geopressured re ervoirs 413 414 geothermal energy resources 410 416 hot dry rock extracting heat from 414 415 hot water reservoirs 412 413 of light water reactors 247-250 of liquid-mctal List breeder reactor 273 275 liquefied fuels from coal.
From page 662...
... 398 399 and liquid-metal fast breeder reactor accidents. 291 and nuclear waste disposal standards 316 ocean thermal covercimn 377 solar energy.
From page 663...
... See Nuclear power ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) , photovoltaic convershm, 36#-369 price changes, effect of, 509 slowdown in consumption of, 509 and solar energy, 10 11.40 43, 349-350 solar heating and cooling systems.
From page 664...
... 229 Fossil fuels. See also Coal: Natural gas; Oil risks from 486 487 Inde.t and international Fusion Research Council 390 oil consumption 1973 1977 509 uranium reserves in 519 Freight transportation projections for 547 railroads See Railroads trucking See Trucking Fuel cells 171 - 172 Fuel cycle costs 239 267-270 nuclear fuels See Nuclear fuels Fuels See Coal: Fossil fuels Natural gas: Nuclear fuels Oil Fusion.
From page 665...
... 5) Heavy water reactors Canadian sales of, 519-520 flexibility off 250 253 recommendation for.
From page 666...
... 9R-99 for industry, 122 Index oil reserves, for recovery of, 517 518 for recycling. 97 for retrofitting, 91 subsidies See Subsidies synthetic fuel production, 140 and underpricing, 76 iNCFF See international Nuclear Fuel Cycle Evaluation Income and energy consumption, 61)
From page 667...
... 432 434 nuclear power, 523 oil price rise, 1973 1974, 505-508 Jobs, energy investments creating, 122 Jorgenson, 606-608 Karlsruhe, Germany, 308 Kentucky, 153. 157, 185 Kohn, Henry 1., 623, 626,628, 629, 640 Komanoff, 265, 267 Kuwait, 135, 527 Labels, energy consumption on, 121 Labor and capital investments, 122 coal workers, 186-190 Labor-productivity growth, 114 La Flague reprocessing plant, 309 Land reclamation and water supply, Land use and hot water reservoirs, 403 photovoltaic conversion, 368 369 solar thermal conversion plants, 366-367 wind energy conversion.
From page 668...
... . 38 246 Monetary policies and inflation 5U8 '09 Montana f 53- f 55 f 57 194 Mosses and sulfur dioxide 466 Mount Lassen National Park 4U4 Mt c See Miles per gallon rs-t See .Vfoftcn sah breeder reactor bfunictpaf waste processing See Biomass Mutation 444 Nagasaki 432 434 National Academy of Sciences and rucfear reactor safety 279 and stbotftge of m~clear facilities.
From page 669...
... 553 Energy Informath~n Administration projections. 564 escalation of costs 265-266 fast breeder reactors See Breeder reacto's fuels See Nuclear fuels fusion See Nuclear fusion fusion-hssion devices 213 growth in 226 227 5UI 504 health risks 43g-444 heavy water reactors See Heavy water reactors
From page 670...
... 316 and security for transporting fuel 325 Nuclear Regulatory Commission Act of 1975, 424 Nuclear Safety Analysis Center, 36 Nuclear weapons, 32-34 and enrichment of uranium. 235-236 fusion devices and, 47 hybrid fusion fission fuel cycles and, 388-389 manufacture of, 27 proliferation of, 71.
From page 671...
... 14, 77 78, 110-112 for electricity, 16-17 r.Nt and behavior of, 107 increase for oil, 5-6 rise of 1973-1974, 505 508 smooth rise of, 121 Price-Anderson Act 347 Price-Anderson insurance 271 Price controls, 143-144, 5(19, 52(1-521 effect of, 64-65 elimination of, 121 national energy policy, 524 Price-induced shifts toward less energy-intensive goods and services, 5 Projections. 7, 9, 11, 544 557 Property taxes and solar energy systems, 356-357 Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, 14, 130 Public health risks, 432-459 Public opinion on energy standards 490 on nuclear power, 'i5-216, 260-262 and risks 482-483 Public transportation buses.
From page 672...
... 4 and GNP growth rate, 599-600 of 1974 1975, 508 509 Index Recycling in industry. 97 for light water reactors, 249-250 Reed, 404 Reference designs for nuclear fusion program, 395 Refining synthetic liquid fuels, Al Refrigerators, efficiency of.
From page 673...
... See Earthquakes Seismicity and hydraulic fracturing, 408 Separative work units (swu's) , 236-237 Severe genetic defects, 444 Shale oil, 19, 56, 138-139, 480, 513, 517, 564 Shenandoah solar total energy system, Georgia, 366 Shipping of nuclear fuel, 324-325 oil, risks, 480 Shortages of oil and gas, 143 and standard of living, 102 Simulation models for building projections, 545 Skythenm House in Atascadero, California, 360 Slurry pipelines for coal 196 Small businesses and conservation goal conflicts 122 Smoking, 435-436 Social equity and conservation, 122 123 Social risks, 484 485 Sociopolitical issues, 58-59 673 Solar energy, 39-46, 345-346 active systems, 345, 355-357, 359-362 and add-on costs, 271 advantages of, 347 biomass See Biomass building designs using, 90, 359-362 and building standards, 361 cadmium sulfide cells, 368 categories of, 345-346 and climatic changes, 57-58 collectors, 355 358 committee's recommendation, 71 conclusions, 380-382 consumer decisions, 353-354 cooling by.
From page 674...
... 369 370 Solar Energy Research institute, 355-356 Solar photovoltaics, 368 369, 562 Solar Resource Group, 652 agricultural wastes, amount of energy in, 375 on building projections, 546 and solar space cooling, 357 and wind energy conversion, 370 Solar space cooling, 352, 355-358 Solar thermal central station power plant, 45, 346.
From page 675...
... 2-513, 517 Tanffs on imported oil, 64-65 synthetic fuels production, 139 Taxation conservation tax, 113, 115, 605-606 on energy, 77, 605-608 gasohol exempt from, 377 and geothermal energy, 398, 416 and recycling, 97 solar energy systems, 354, 356 solar heating systems. credit for, 347 Technical efficiency, 5, 11, 68 69 Technical terms, glossary of, 643 648 Technology capital availability for development of, 111-112 feasibility for fusion, 393 research and, 115 116 Television reception and wind-turbine interference, 370 Temperature and carbon dmv~de 471 -472 Terrorists and nuclear power, 210 Tester, J
From page 676...
... 9 Wastc-hcat recovery in industry, 96 97 Waste management, 55 Water heating and solar energy, 354 355 Water pollution from chicken factories. 375 and GNP, 123 hot water reservoirs and.
From page 677...
... 62 64. 520-523 677 World energy production and consumption, 1960 1973.500 505 1973 1977.509 World oil situation, 136- 136 World recoverable energy reserves.


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