International seminar on nuclear war and planetary emergencies : 44th session : the role of science in the third millenium : "E. Majorana" Centre for Scientific Culture, Erice, Italy, 19-24 August 2011 / series editor and chairman, A. Zichichi ; edited by R. Ragaini.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

International Seminar on Nuclear War and Planetary Emergencies, Corporate Author.

Contributor:

Ragaini, Richard C.

Zichichi, Antonino.

Conference Name:

International Seminar on Nuclear War and Planetary Emergencies (44th : 2011 : Erice, Italy)

Series:

Science and culture series (Singapore). Nuclear strategy and peace technology.

Science and culture series. Nuclear strategy and peace techology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emergency management--Congresses.

Emergency management.

Climatic changes--Congresses.

Climatic changes.

Pollution--Congresses.

Pollution.

Energy crops--Congresses.

Energy crops.

Power resources--Congresses.

Power resources.

Computer networks--Security measures--Congresses.

Computer networks.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (615 p.)

Other Title:

Role of science in the third millenium

Place of Publication:

New Jersey : World Scientific, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Proceedings of the 44th Session of the International Seminars on Nuclear War and Planetary Emergencies held in Erice, Sicily. This seminar has again gathered, in 2011, over one hundred scientists in an interdisciplinary effort that has been going on for the last 31 years, to examine and analyze planetary problems which have been followed up, all year long, by the World Federation of Scientists' Permanent Monitoring Panels. Sample Chapter(s). Science, Culture and the Planetary Emergencies (4,689 KB). Contents: Opening Session; Energy (Focus: Global Nuclear Energy Issues After Fukushima); Water

Contents:

CONTENTS; 1. OPENING SESSION; Antonino Zichichi Science, Culture and the Planetary Emergencies; INTRODUCTION; FIRST POINT ANALYSIS OF THE SO-CALLED MODERN CULTURE; Eugeni Velikhov Nuclear Power in Russia-25 Years after Chernobyl; Lord John Alderdice The Potential Positive Impact of the Irrational on the Success of Science; Richard L. Garwin Learning More from Fukushima Dai-ichi; THE PROBLEM OF WATER ACCUMULATION; COMMENT ON THE EVENTS OF FUKUSHIMA DAI-ICHI; IMPACT OF FUKUSHIMA DAI-ICHI ON THE WORLD NUCLEAR POWER PROGAM; APPENDIX

Richard Wilson Lessons from History of Radiation Use and Nuclear Accidents, Particularly FukushimaTHE IMPORTANCE OF UNDERSTANDING RADIATION ISSUES FOR IMMEDIATE ANALYSIS AND IMMEDIATE ACTION; Lady Barbara Thomas Judge Nuclear After Fukushima; Jan Szyszko Forests as a Chance for Sustainable Development of Rural Areas in Light of UN Climate Change Convention and UN Convention on Biodiversity; SUSTAINED DEVELOPMENT; Richard S. Lindzen Climate Physics, Feedbacks, and Reductionism - When does Reductionism Go too Far?; INTRODUCTION; THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT

SOME OTHER IMPORTANT PHYSICAL CONCEPTS: THE MOIST ADIABAT AND THE ROSSBY RADIUSA FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEM WITH ONE DIMENSIONAL CLIMATE THINKING; ARCTIC TEMPERATURES: A PROBLEM WITH ANNUAL AVERAGES; RETURN TO ONE-DIMENSIONAL THINKING: FEEDBACKS; ESTIMATING CLIMATE SENSITIVITY WITH SURFACE FLUXES; VARIABILITY OF CLIMATE SENSITIVITY; CONCLUDING REMARKS; REFERENCES; 2. ENERGY FOCUS: GLOBAL NUCLEAR ENERGY ISSUES AFTER FUKUSHIMA; Tetsuo Yuhara Energy Perspective and Nuclear Role after Fukushima Daiichi Accident; INTRODUCTION; RETHINKING NUCLEAR POWER PLANT SAFETY ISSUES

MITIGATION OF GLOBAL WARMING BY OPTIMUM ENERGY MIXTUREINNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY AND DEPLOYMENT; ENERGY ISSUE AND ROLE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY AFTER THE FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI ACCIDENT; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Thomas B. Cochran Global Implications of the Fukushima Disaster for Nuclear Power; INTRODUCTION; ISSUES RAISED BY THE FUKUSHIMA DISASTER; SOME IMPLICATIONS FOR NUCLEAR POWER REACTORS WORLDWIDE; PRINCIPAL CONCLUSIONS; Adnan Shihab-Eldin Nuclear Power in the Middle East Following Fukushima; INTRODUCTION; THE CASE FOR NUCLEAR POWER IN MENA; CHALLENGES FOR INTRODUCTION OF NUCLEAR IN MENA

IMPACT OF FUKUSHIMACONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; Dadi Zhou Nuclear Power Development in China; RAPID GROWTH OF ENERGY CONSUMPTION AND GHG EMISSION; IMPACT OF FUKUSHIMA; CURRENT RESPONSE FROM CHINA; MAJOR LESSONS AND CONCERNS; IMPROVEMENTS; MAJOR CHALLENGES; OPTIMISTIC FOR FUTURE; COOPERATION NEEDED; Jung-Uck Seo Nuclear Power Plants in South Korea; Lowell Wood and Robert Petroski Toward Manifestly Safe Nuclear Fission-Based Electricity Supply; PRESENT SAFETY OF NUCLEAR ENERGY; MANIFEST SAFETY OF NUCLEAR REACTORS; MANIFEST SAFETY OF THE NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES

3. WATER & POLLUTION FOCUS: WATER SCARCITY AND POLLUTION

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

981-4415-01-4