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WHY WE NEED NUCLEAR POWER
The Biosphere At Risk
A Tide of Humanity
Clean Energy Realism
Nuclear Power Today
Chernobyl
Nuclear Safety & Radiation
Waste Containment & Storage
Safeguards & Security
Competitive Nuclear Future
Sustainable Development
A Crisis Requiring Leadership and Resolve
The Necessity of Nuclear Power

HOW NUCLEAR POWER WORKS
The Fuel Cycle in Brief
Mining
Conversion and Enrichment
Fuel Fabrication
Electricity Generation
Used Fuel Management
Waste Management
Decommissioning
Transport of Radioactive Materials
Non-power uses of nuclear energy
What is Uranium?
What is Radiation?
Stewardship

EDUCATION PAPERS FOR SCHOOLS
Overview of Nuclear Energy
Energy for the World - Why Uranium?
What is uranium? How does it work?
The Nuclear Fuel Cycle
Uranium Mining
Waste Management
Uranium, Electricity and Climate Change
Environment, Health and Safety in Electricity Generation
Radiation and Life
Some Physics of Uranium
Some Chemistry of Uranium
The Peaceful Atom
Comparative Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Power Generation

NUCLEAR BASICS
Outline History of Nuclear Energy
The Nuclear Debate
Glossary

FACTS AND FIGURES
World Nuclear Power Reactors 2008-09 and Uranium Requirements
Nuclear share figures, 1998-2008 - May 2009
Uranium production figures, 1998-2008 - June 2009

COUNTRY AND REGIONAL BRIEFINGS
Uranium in Africa
Nuclear Power in Argentina
Nuclear Power in Armenia
Australia's Uranium
Nuclear Energy Prospects in Australia
Nuclear Power in Belgium
Nuclear Power in Brazil
Nuclear Power in Bulgaria
California's Electricity
Nuclear Power in Canada
Nuclear Power in Canada Appendix 1: Ontario Energy Policy
Nuclear Power in Canada Appendix 2: Alberta Tar Sands
Uranium in Canada
Uranium in Canada Appendix 1: Brief History of Uranium Mining in Canada
Uranium in Central Asia
Nuclear Power in China
Nuclear Power in China Appendix 1: Government Structure and Ownership
China's Nuclear Fuel Cycle
Nuclear Power in Czech Republic
Nuclear Energy in Denmark
Nuclear Power in Finland
Nuclear Power in France
Nuclear Power in Germany
Nuclear Power in Hungary
Nuclear Power in India
Nuclear Energy in Iran
Nuclear Power in Italy
Nuclear Power in Japan
Uranium and Nuclear Power in Kazakhstan
Nuclear Power in Korea
Nuclear Power in Lithuania
Nuclear Power in Mexico
Uranium in Namibia
Nuclear Energy Prospects in New Zealand
Nuclear Power in the Netherlands
Uranium in Niger
Nuclear Power in Pakistan
Nuclear Power in Romania
Nuclear Power in Russia
Nuclear Power in Slovakia
Nuclear Power in Slovenia
Nuclear Power in South Africa
Nuclear Power in Spain
Nuclear Power in Sweden
Nuclear Power in Sweden Appendix 1: Barsebäck Closure
Nuclear Power in Switzerland
Nuclear Power in Taiwan
Nuclear Power in the United Kingdom
Nuclear Power in Ukraine
Nuclear Power in United Arab Emirates
Nuclear Power in the USA
Nuclear Power in the USA Appendix 1: US Operating Nuclear Reactors
Nuclear Power in the USA Appendix 2 Power Plant Purchases:
Nuclear Power in the USA Appendix 3: COL Applications
US Nuclear Fuel Cycle
US Nuclear Fuel Cycle Appendix 1: US Uranium Mining and Exploration
US Nuclear Power Policy
Emerging Nuclear Energy Countries

NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE

Uranium Resource
Supply of Uranium
The Cosmic Origins of Uranium
Uranium and Depleted Uranium
Uranium Markets
Geology of Uranium Deposits
Military Warheads as a Source of Nuclear Fuel

Mining of Uranium
World Uranium Mining
In Situ Leach (ISL) Mining of Uranium
Environmental Aspects of Uranium Mining
Australia's Uranium Mines
Australia's former uranium mines
Aust U deposits and Prospective Mines

Uranium Enrichment
Uranium Enrichment

Nuclear Power Reactors
Advanced Nuclear Power Reactors
Cooling Power Plants
Early Soviet Reactors and EU Accession
Fast Neutron Reactors
Generation IV Nuclear Reactors
Heavy Manufacturing of Power Plants
Nuclear Power Reactors
RBMK Reactors
Small Nuclear Power Reactors

Fuel Recycling
Mixed Oxide Fuel (MOX)
Processing of Used Nuclear Fuel
Plutonium

Transport
Japanese Waste and MOX Shipments From Europe
Japanese Waste and MOX Shipments from Europe - Appendix 1
Transport of Radioactive Materials

Nuclear Wastes
Decommissioning Nuclear Facilities
International Nuclear Waste Disposal Concepts
Radioactive Wastes
Radioactive Wastes - Myths and Realities
Synroc
Waste Management in the Nuclear Fuel Cycle
Waste Management in the Nuclear Fuel Cycle Appendix 1: Treatment and Conditioning of Nuclear Wastes
Waste Management in the Nuclear Fuel Cycle Appendix 2: Storage and Disposal Options
Waste Management in the Nuclear Fuel Cycle Appendix 3 : National Policies
Waste Management in the Nuclear Fuel Cycle Appendix 4 - National Funding
Waste Management in the Nuclear Fuel Cycle Appendix 5- Environmental and Ethical Aspects of Radioactive Waste Management

CURRENT AND FUTURE GENERATION
Nuclear Power in the World Today
World Energy Needs and Nuclear Power
Plans For New Reactors Worldwide
The Nuclear Renaissance
Global Nuclear Energy Partnership
Cooperation in the Nuclear Power Industry
Accelerator-driven Nuclear Energy
Nuclear Fusion Power
Thorium

SAFETY AND SECURITY

Radiaton and Health
Early Soviet Reactors and EU Accession
Occupational Safety in Uranium Mining
Radiation and Nuclear Energy
Naturally-Occurring Radioactive Materials (NORM)
Nuclear Power Plants and Earthquakes
Uranium and Depleted Uranium
Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and Subsequent Weapons Testing

Safety of Plants
Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage
Chernobyl Accident
Small Nuclear Power Reactors
Three Mile Island accident
Tokaimura Criticality Accident
Safety of Nuclear Power Reactors
Safety of Nuclear Power Reactors - Appendix

Non-Proliferation
India, China & NPT
Nuclear Proliferation Case Studies
Safeguards to Prevent Nuclear Proliferation

CLIMATE CHANGE
'Clean Coal' Technologies
Energy Balances and CO2 Implications
Energy Analysis of Power Systems
Global Warming - the science
Policy Responses to Global Warming
Renewable Energy and Electricity
Sustainable Energy

ECONOMIC ASPECTS
Economics of Nuclear Power
Energy Subsidies and External Costs

NON-POWER NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS

Transport
Electricity and Cars
Nuclear-Powered Ships
Transport and the Hydrogen Economy

Industry
Nuclear Process Heat for Industry
Nuclear Desalination

Radioisotopes
Radioisotopes in Industry
Radioisotopes in Medicine

Other Non-Power Applications
Nuclear Reactors for Space
Research Reactors
Smoke Detectors and Americium


ROLE OF THE UNITES NATIONS
Statute of the International Atomic Energy Agency
Atoms for Peace

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