Sabbatical Nathal Severijns: Development of education for sustainability, and research on the possible contribution of nuclear energy in the context of sustainable energy production. KU Leuven
Several years ago, I have set up a research team (ten staff members from five different faculties) to investigate the possible contribution to a sustainable society of small and medium size modular nuclear reactors (SMR) of Generation-IV, and especially the ones being able to use the spent fuel from the present generation of reactors or using the thorium cycle. Apart from technical requirements also ecological, economical and societal ...