ABSTRACT
There are excellent treatises available which describe the development of nuclear reactors and the newer, decentralized nuclear energy systems, as well as the need for fast breeder reactors. Other important aspects of the nuclear energy generation and the world energy perspective have been authoritatively discussed in a study by the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis group meeting in Laxenburg, Austria. Humanity should treasure the fact that the nuclear option came just in time to avoid a collapse of the industrial capacity of those nations which did not dispose of a sufficient reservoir of coal, oil, or gas. The nuclear technology was strongly supported and developed after World War II. As nuclear plant technology has grown into a complex web of security control devices superimposed on normal plant testing and performance displays, it becomes clear that a centralized and standardized construction method is by far preferable to the usual industrial competition.
