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Wraps. Zustand: Good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. xiv, 17, [1] pages. Illustrations (some in color). Citations and Notes. Cover has slight wear and soiling. Substantial ink marks noted. In 2003 the MIT interdisciplinary study The Future of Nuclear Power was published. The thesis was that nuclear energy is an important option for the marketplace in a low-carbon world. At least for the next few decades, there are only four realistic options for reducing carbon dioxide emissions from electricity generation: increased efficiency in energy utilization, expanded use of renewables such as wind and solar, reducing carbon dioxide emissions at fossil fueled power plants by switching from coal to natural gas or by transitioning to capture and permanent sequestration of the carbon dioxide, and nuclear power. The study perspective was that all options would be needed and it would be a mistake to exclude any of these four options from an overall carbon emissions management strategy. The report examined the barriers to nuclear power and made a series of recommendations to enable nuclear power as a market place option. Since that report, there have been major changes in the US and the world, as described in our 2009 Update of the 2003 Future of Nuclear Power Report. MIT (energy initiative) recently released a controversial and well-publicized report on the future of the nuclear fuel cycle. In it, they argue that there is sufficient uranium to allow ongoing deployment of water-cooled reactors for many decades; they recommend that no far-reaching decision be made yet on the ultimate disposal of the 'spent' nuclear fuel so produced and suggest that research on technical solutions can be ongoing over this period, with no particular urgency.