Assessment of nuclear energy sustainability index using fuzzy logic |
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Authors: | Ayah E. Abouelnaga [Author Vitae] Abdelmohsen Metwally [Author Vitae]Author Vitae] Mohammad Nagy [Author Vitae]Author Vitae] |
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Affiliation: | Nuclear Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, Alexandria 21544, Egypt |
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Abstract: | Nuclear energy is increasingly perceived as an attractive mature energy generation technology that can deliver an answer to the worldwide increasing energy demand while respecting environmental concerns as well as contributing to a reduced dependence on fossil fuel. Advancing nuclear energy deployment demands an assessment of nuclear energy with respect to all sustainability dimensions.In this paper, the nuclear energy, whose sustainability will be assessed, is governed by the dynamics of three subsystems: environmental, economic, and sociopolitical. The overall sustainability is then a non-linear function of the individual sustainabilities. Each subsystem is evaluated by means of many components (pressure, status, and response). The combination of each group of indicators by means of fuzzy logic provides a measurement of sustainability for each subsystem. |
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