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To Recycle or Not to Recycle? An Intergenerational Approach to Nuclear Fuel Cycles
| Title | To Recycle or Not to Recycle? An Intergenerational Approach to Nuclear Fuel Cycles |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2008 |
| Authors | Taebi, Behnam, and Kloosterman Jan Leen |
| Journal | Science & Engineering Ethics |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pagination | 177-200 |
| Type of Article | Article |
| Publication Language | eng |
| ISSN Number | 13533452 |
| Accession Number | 32154916 |
| Keywords | ENGINEERING , ENVIRONMENTAL ethics , etc.) , FUEL , Future , Intergenerational , Nuclear , PUBLIC , radioactive , Recycling , Reprocessing , SUSTAINABILITY |
| Abstract | This paper approaches the choice between the open and closed nuclear fuel cycles as a matter of intergenerational justice, by revealing the value conflicts in the production of nuclear energy. The closed fuel cycle improve sustainability in terms of the supply certainty of uranium and involves less long-term radiological risks and proliferation concerns. However, it compromises short-term public health and safety and security, due to the separation of plutonium. The trade-offs in nuclear energy are reducible to a chief trade-off between the present and the future. To what extent should we take care of our produced nuclear waste and to what extent should we accept additional risks to the present generation, in order to diminish the exposure of future generation to those risks? |
| Notes | Taebi, Behnam 1; Email Address: B.Taebi@tudelft.nl Kloosterman, Jan Leen 2; Email Address: J.L.Kloosterman@tudelft.nl; Affiliation: 1: Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management, Department of Philosophy, Delft University of Technology, P.O. Box 5015, 2600 GA Delft, The Netherlands 2: Faculty of Applied Sciences, Department of Radiation, Radionuclides and Reactors, Physics of Nuclear Reactors, Delft University of Technology, Mekelweg 15, 2629 JB Delft, The Netherlands; Source Info: Jun2008, Vol. 14 Issue 2, p177; Subject Term: FUEL cells; Subject Term: NUCLEAR energy; Subject Term: RECYCLING (Waste, etc.); Subject Term: RADIOACTIVE waste disposal; Subject Term: PUBLIC health; Subject Term: PUBLIC safety; Author-Supplied Keyword: Future generations; Author-Supplied Keyword: Intergenerational justice; Author-Supplied Keyword: Nuclear waste management; Author-Supplied Keyword: Recycling; Author-Supplied Keyword: Reprocessing; Author-Supplied Keyword: Sustainability; NAICS/Industry Codes: 525120 Health and Welfare Funds; NAICS/Industry Codes: 562211 Hazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal; NAICS/Industry Codes: 562920 Materials Recovery Facilities; NAICS/Industry Codes: 562119 Other Waste Collection; Number of Pages: 24p; Illustrations: 2 Diagrams, 1 Graph; Document Type: Article |
| DOI | 10.1007/s11948-007-9049-y |
| Short Title | To Recycle or Not to Recycle? An Intergenerational Approach to Nuclear Fuel Cycles |
