ForaTv2011.3.9---Barry Brook :快速核反應器

ForaTv2011.3.9---Barry Brook :快速核反應器
Fast Nuclear Reactors: An Inexhaustible Source of Energy?
Barry Brook, Director of Climate Science at The University of Adelaide Environment Institute, discusses the potential impact of fast nuclear reactors. He explains that by recycling and reusing nuclear waste, these plants are capable of turning a golf ball-sized piece of uranium into a lifetime's worth of energy. "The U.S. has mined enough uranium already, to power all of its energy needs for about a thousand years," explains Brook.
With the obvious urgent need to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels and the global demand for energy rising exponentially, nuclear energy may be the only non-carbon-emitting technology capable of meeting the world's requirements.
The nuclear industry's image has been compromised by the threat of weapons proliferation, reactor malfunctions and the storage of radioactive waste. However, today's proponents argue that improvements in reactor design have made them safer, as well as more fuel-efficient and cost-competitive to build, compared with coal plants.
Participants in the panel discussion include energy technology entrepreneur Gus Nathan, environmental scientist Barry Brook, and international energy law expert Kim Talus. Talus is especially critical of the absence of balanced and objective discussion about nuclear energy in Australia, the polarised positions akin to a "religious issue." He also opines the lack of public education and industry expertise. Brook is convinced a very fast reactor is something Australia should be strongly considering.
"Thinking Critically About Sustainable Energy: A Nuclear Future" is the fourth of a series of public forums hosted by RiAus aimed at providing a comprehensive examination of sustainable energy technologies and a critical evaluation of their potential for reducing carbon emissions. - Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Barry Brook is an environmental scientist known for his lively blog at bravenewclimate.com. He is currently Sir Hubert Wilkins Chair of Climate Change at the University of Adelaide's Environment Institute. Brook completed his PhD at Macquarie University on the subject of population viability analysis in 1999. He has a background in biodiversity management and conservation ecology.
Brook's work focuses on global environmental change, and the impact that climate change and global warming are having on traditional risks to natural systems. In recent years he has become a respected commentator on energy policy, and has conducted considerable research on systems modeling for sustainable energy. He recently co-authored with Ian Lowe the book Why vs. Why: Nuclear Power.

快速核反應器：取之不盡的能源來源？
巴里布魯克，氣候科學主任在阿德萊德大學環境研究所，討論了潛在影響，快速核反應堆。他解釋說，通過回收和再利用核廢料，這些工廠有能力把一個高爾夫球大小的一塊鈾變成一生的價值能量。 “美國已經有足夠的鈾開採，以一切力量的能源需求約一千年來，”解釋布魯克。
具有明顯的迫切需要減少對化石燃料的依賴和全球對能源需求呈指數上升，核能可能是唯一的非碳排放技術能夠滿足世界的要求。
核工業的形象已經受到損害的威脅，武器擴散，反應器故障和儲存放射性廢物。不過，今天的支持者認為，改善反應器設計使他們更安全，以及更具燃料效率和成本競爭力的打造，與燃煤電廠相比。
與會者在小組討論包括能源科技企業家格斯彌敦道，環境科學家巴里布魯克，以及國際能源法專家金距骨。距骨是特別重要的缺乏平衡和客觀的討論關於核能在澳洲，極化位置類似於一個“宗教問題”。他亦認為缺乏公眾教育和行業知識。布魯克是說服了非常快堆是值得考慮，澳大利亞應該受到強烈。
“批判性思維的可持續能源：核能未來”是第四次了一系列公共論壇主辦的RiAus旨在提供一個全面的檢查可持續能源技術和關鍵評價其潛在的減少二氧化碳排放量。 - 澳大利亞廣播公司
巴里布魯克是一個著名的環境科學家，他生動的博客上bravenewclimate.com。他目前是爵士主席休伯特威爾金斯在氣候變化阿德萊德大學的環境研究所。布魯克完成了他在麥格理大學博士學位的種群生存力分析主題的1999年。他有一個背景在生物多樣性管理和保護生態環境。
布魯克的工作重點是對全球環境變化和影響，氣候變化和全球變暖正在對傳統的風險自然系統。近年來，他已成為一位受人尊敬的評論員就能源政策，並進行了大量研究的系統建模可持續能源。他最近聯合撰寫的書與 Ian洛韋為什麼主場迎戰為什麼：核電。