Fachartikel 2015
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Can multi-criteria analysis models support the site selection for a repository for heat-generating waste?
The decision for or against a potential site for a nuclear waste repository is highly complex and requires decision-makers to consider multiple assessment criteria. The complexity of each site and its characteristics, and the differing opinions among members of the public and advocacy groups mean that conflicts of interest are…
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IAEA guidance on disposal and siting
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) with its Safety Standards provides requirements and guidance on all steps in radioactive waste management. This includes predisposal activities as well as disposal activities. Imperative requirements mainly are given in the IAEA publication “SSR-5, Safety Requirements on Disposal Radioactive Waste”. Currently in many member…
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The repository commission: a historic chance to solve an ongoing conflict
Issue 03_2015 Germany’s Commission on the Disposal of High-level Radioactive Waste, which was set up in compliance with the country’s Repository Site Selection Act, has been tasked with drawing up criteria for a site selection process and evaluating the act by mid-2016. Lessons can be learned from the failed Asse…
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The ENTRIA Project: Selected Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Research Topics
Issue 03/2015 ENTRIA (“Disposal Options for Radioactive Residues: Interdisciplinary Analyses and Development of Evaluation Principles”, www.entria.de) is a joint research project carried out by twelve departments and institutes from German universities and major research institutions and one partner from Switzerland. It is financed by the German Ministry of Education and…
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Current Issue 03_2015
Dr. Eckehard Büscher EnergieAgentur NRW Editorial North Rhine-Westphalia is mining country The withdrawal from coal mining and the phasing out of nuclear energy is a watershed for mining and energy production in North Rhine-Westphalia and in Germany as a whole – yet this double withdrawal does not spell the end…
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The german coal situation 2014
Issue 02/2015 The year 2014 was marked by a period of stagnation in the international coal market, the first in a number of years. In Germany there was a noticeable fall in coal consumption, mainly due to the decline in electricity production. Here the national energy transition is now making…
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Current Issue 02_2015
Andreas-Peter Sitte (Chief Editor Mining Report Glückauf) Editorial Each year the Clausthal University of Technology opens the conference season with the first in a series of internationally acclaimed events organised by Germany‘s mining universities. This year‘s programme started with the Drilling and Blasting Colloquium on 23 and 24 January. I…
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Developing high-efficiency, low-carbon, clean coal in china
Issue 02/2015 In the last few decades, China has dramatically expanded access to energy and, as a result, has achieved nearly universal electrification (Figure 1). Although this accomplishment is notable, China’s energy mix is facing several pressing issues with important domestic and global implications. China is coal-rich and, for this…
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Climate-friendly use of coal in power plants and in energy-intensive industrial facilities with carbon capture including the CO2 disposal in the methanol path
Issue 02/2015 Every CO2 reduction strategy should commence with the increase in efficiency of existing power plants followed by investments in state-of-the-art technologies and most advanced plants. EURACOAL’s three step strategy therefore starts in a logical sequence with the replacement and modernisation of existing power plants. In a second step…
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Contribution of Domestic Methanol Production by applying Carbon Capture Technologies and the Future Energy Mix in NRW, Germany and the EU with Regard to Security Aspects of Supply
Issue 2/2015 As an alternative to petroleum the methanol production via synthesis gas – based on natural gas or biomass – may be a viable solution. But special attention should get the „green methanol“. Relevant research is to be supported, how to really produce out of CO2, sunlight and water,…
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