Atomic energy for the future?
Interest in nuclear power is increasing sharply. Never before have we seen such a flood of new concepts to improve demerger technology we have had for about 75 years. The first 4th generation nuclear power plants are now being built, and small, modular reactors are on the way. Only in Norway have many municipalities started to plan nuclear power, because they do not think they will get enough power through today's solutions. In countries such as Poland, it is heavily invested in replacing coal with nuclear power.
But demerger is not alone in promising an energy -rich future. Although the Americans blasted the first merger bomb as early as 1954, it has proved very demanding to control the energy source of the stars. The Iter project was to demonstrate merger power on a large scale by 2033, but now a surprising number of private companies are taking the lead. Already this year, the first test reactors will be used, and commercial operations are expected in a few years.
Can improved demerger, despite challenges with security and waste, or a technological breakthrough in merger, help solve our biggest climate and energy problems?
Tonight, technology editor in Teknisk Ukeblad, Jan Moberg, and former technology journalist Odd Richard Valmot gives an insight into the development - and asks whether nuclear power in one or both forms can deliver what many hope for.
Registration and information
There will be light meals in the museum's cafe from 16 for those who have pre-registered.
GE-Hitachi Kokvanns reactor BWRX-300 (Photo: Tge Hitachi /TU)
Jan Moberg
Technology editor in Teknisk Ukeblad
Odd Richard Valmot
May 22 at. 17.00-18.00
The Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology foundation
Kjelsåsveien 143
The event is free.