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Radioactivity

What is radioactivity?

Units of measurement

Human exposure to radioactivity

Fission and fusion


Nuclear energy

How does a nuclear power plant work?

Costs of the different electrical production methods

Operation and decommissioning of uranium mines

The nuclear fuel cycle

Nuclear waste management

Nuclear agencies: Who does what?

Radiological protection

Environmental monitoring and measurements

The dismantling of nuclear power plants


Social aspects

Economic aspects of nuclear power

Accidents: Causes and lessons learned

The environmental and human consequences of nuclear accidents

The time factor in decision-making

Power plant safety and human safety

Nuclear power and sustainable development

Public perception of nuclear power and opinion surveys

The NEEDS challenge


New production, reprocessing and storage technologies

EPR: Renewing the nuclear infrastructure

Fast reactors

Will thorium ever replace uranium?

Nuclear Fusion

GUINEVERE: Toward the transmutation of nuclear waste

The geological storage of nuclear waste