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Nuclear desalination (1968)
| Author | IAEA |
| Date | 1968 |
| Classification | 6.01.3.60/02 (NUCLEAR SAFETY - REACTORS - OTHER TYPES, SMALL MODULAR REACTORS) |
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From the publication:
FOREWORD Water supply planners are looking more and more to desalination as a means by which supplemental and new water supplies can be offered at acceptable cost in those regions where natural water supplies are becoming fully utilized. Where the water demands are relatively large, nuclear reactors can be an economic energy source for a desalination plant, especially when desalination is combined with the production of electricity in dual-purpose and multi-purpose plants. In recognition of the growing interest, the International Atomic Energy Agency held a Symposium on Nuclear Desalination in Madrid on 18-22 November 1968. Nearly 300 participants from 36 countries and international organizations discussed more than 60 papers on desalination and reactor applications, research, recent developments and studies, and large desalination plant operating experience. Papers also described agro-industrial complexes and the potential that the energy centre concept may hold for integrated and large- scale area development in certain underdeveloped regions. This concept is of special interest to those countries which are now major importers of food and fertilizers; which possess raw materials that can be processed by energy-intensive industries; or which have climates favourable to year-round agriculture and fertile but 'under-watered' soils. The proceedings of the symposium are published in the hope that they will be of value to engineers, planners, economists and administrators in the development and application of nuclear desalination. The Agency wishes to express its thanks to the authors and participants for their contributions, to the discussion leaders who acted as chairmen of various sessions, and to the Government of Spain for acting as host.
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