Status and perspectives of nuclear energy : fission and fusion : Varenna on Lake Como, Villa Monastero, 10-20 July 1990

Preface (R.A. Ricci and C. Salvetti). Enhanced nuclear reactor safety (E. Teller). Nuclear energy for space propulsion (E. Teller). Nuclear power from fission (M. Silvestri). Breeding of nuclear fuel and basic characteristics of fast neutron reactors (G. Vendryes). Technical aspects of fast breeder reactors with a special reference to safety (G. Vendryes). Past development, present situation and future prospects of fast breeder reactors (G. Vendryes). The French experience with nuclear power (R. Carle). Radioactive waste management (F.L. Parker). New concepts in power reactors in the USA (J.J. Taylor). Innovative reactors: a proposal. The MARS (Multipurpose advanced reactor inherently safe) (M. Cumo). The rationale of the system of dose limitation recommended by the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP). Trends in nuclear safety (F. Niehaus, L. Lederman). Nuclear power and sustainable development. The issue of climate change (F. Niehaus). On society and nuclear energy (C. Marchetti). Do we need more physics? Do we need more physicists? Do we need more nuclear physics? (J. de Boer). JET results and the approach to a fusion reactor (Ph. Rebut). The JET project: key experimental results and technical development towards breakeven plasmas (E. Bertolini). Near term experiments on advanced fusion (B. Coppi, F. Pegararo). The NET project (R. Toschi). Physics of inertial fusion (J. Meyer-ter-Vehn). Status and perspectives of heavy ion inertial fusion (R. Bock). Experimental frontiers in muon-catalyzed fusion (A. Bertin and A. Vitale). State of the art of "cold fusion" (F. Scaramuzzi).