A proposed new direction in the development of nuclear energy
by Maurizio Cumo
International Journal of Global Energy Issues (IJGEI), Vol. 7, No. 1/2, 1995

Abstract: Some critics say that the continuous increase in the degree of safety of western power plants has led to more and more complex systems to such a degree that the complexity itself is the major threat to safety. In recent years some experts have suggested a second nuclear generation made up of inherently safe plants, i.e. by plants which stop the nuclear chain reaction and cool down naturally when something goes wrong. Since 1984 a new design has been conceived at the Energetics Department of the University of Rome 'La Sapienza'. Its name is MARS (Multipurpose Advanced Reactor, inherently Safe). There are two factors which have to be considered: public acceptability and construction times.

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