WIWES contributed by Ondrej Valenta
In the nuclear research, R&D also in other fields of science is necessary. It is expecially the material science and its progress in development of new materials, first used in other industries (e.g. in airplanes) and then appl...
Lack of interest in nuclear energetics among young generation
Development of every industry is depended on availability of human resources. In the countries which declared a phase-out from nuclear energetics, an apparent decrease of interest in this field among young generation is seen, a...
Increasing negative attitudes of societies towards nuclear e ...
Although nuclear energy is due to many reasons considered safe and clean source of energy, there are countries and movements struggling for its total inhibition. These attitudes emphasize especially radiation risks of nuclear p...
No strict global rules on nuclear security
Nowadays, no strict global rules on nuclear security are being defined and implemented. With a anticipated spread of production of nuclear energy also to third world countries, the threat of a consequent nuclear disaster is hig...
Small-scale nuclear power plant operating
Small-scale nuclear power plant delivering energy only for two cities was put into operation. The production of the energy from this source make the two cities independent on pan-European energy system.
Nuclear power plants built in third world countries
Nuclear power becomes world-spread and nuclear power plants are being built in third world countries - with limited security infrastructure, or inappropriately qualified personnel. The risk of a nuclear disaster would become higher.
Increasing shortage of qualified labor force
With continuous ageing of population and low birth rate, the shortage of qualified labor in certain industrial sectors can become an increasingly wide issue, especially for the developed countries, but also for some of the deve...
A significant breakthrough in physics of materials has been made to further to increase efficiency in production of energy. New non-fragile carbon composites were developed as well as new superconductors.
Clean coal technology discovered
Energy industry in number of countries will be still to a large extent based on conventional coal energy. Despite of the fact that coal is the most pollutive fossil fuel, it is still to be the most widely used source of energy ...
A breakthrough discovery in plasma physics
A shocking discovery has been made in ITER, which enables fast implementation of thermonuclear fusion into practical utilization in energy production.
A considerable increase in efficiency of renewable resources
An ongoing rapid development of renewable resources of energy results in increase of their efficiency, availability and stability. As a result, some countries start to consider renewable resources as a real alternative to conve...
Severe accident of a nuclear power plant
Although the risk of a severe accident of a nuclear power plant is extremely low, it is still not a zero-risk. In the past, at least two major accidents of nuclear power plants occurred – in Three Mile Island and Chernobyl, w...
The mystery of 21 December 2012
Various historic systems, both evolutionary (e.g. I-T’ing or systems of ancient Egypt or Indian system of Vedas, Bible – revelation of John the Baptist), and calendar (e.g. Mayan calendar, Platonian year) indicate that arou...
Existence of a cold fusion confirmed
Since the 90s, there have been struggles among nuclear researchers over the issue of a cold fusion, achieved by electrolysis. As the scientific and technological development advanced along the time, new nuclear processes were d...
Ongoing radicalization of fundamental islamist groups
Low political will and dedication to resolve conflicts in Middle East region has a consequence in ongoing radicalization of various islamist groups in the region. With growing capabilities, these groups can acquire means of mas...
Increasing dependence of EU on import of fossil fuels
One of the goals of the European energetic strategy is to secure a availability and stability of energy supply, especially that of electrical. However, increasing dependence of EU on import of fossil fuels makes this goal hardl...
More money dedicated to nuclear research
Governments realized that long-term funding of nuclear research would bring about significant improvements to natural environment, quality of life as well as regional development. Significant is also a possibility to become ene...
Revolutionary breakthrough in storage of energy from renewab ...
One of the most significant shortcomings of renewable sources of energy is their vulnerability, instability and low concentration. This in turn leads to utilization of back-up energy sources and makes the whole process of energ...
Terrorist nuclear material misuse
The most convenient terrorist misuse of nuclear material is to create so-called dirty bomb, a radiological weapon which combines radioactive material with conventional explosives. Through a radiological dispersal device a radio...
The oil crisis in the 1970s demonstrated how serious the impact of a sudden black-out of oil supply on advanced economies can be. As a result, e.g. France oriented its energy sector to be sustained by a nuclear energy. If this ...
The research of thermonuclear fusion has advanced to the extent that the thermonuclear fusion is now started to be utilized as a source of energy production, next to the current nuclear power plants, whose energy production is ...
Smal-scale nuclear power to meet private energy demands
Countries, cities, villages and corporations turn to micro scale nuclear reactors in order to meet the energy demands which are otherwise not reached. The world is running out of oil and it all the time faces more and more stri...
