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{{Short description|Dutch energy scientist}}

'''Jan Willem Storm van Leeuwen''' is a consultant in chemistry and energy systems with more than thirty years experience in technology assessment.

'''Jan Willem Storm van Leeuwen''' (born 1941, [[Dutch East Indies]])<ref>Charles Barton, [http://energyfromthorium.com/2008/03/23/david-fleming-and-jan-willem-storm-van-leeuwen/ David Fleming and Jan Willem Storm van Leeuwen]</ref> is a consultant in chemistry and energy systems.

Storm van Leeuwen received his MastersMaster inof Science, physical chemistry, at the Technical University Eindhoven. He is a senior scientist at Ceedata Consultants. He also develops courses for chemistry teachers for the Open University at Heerlen. He is the secretary of the Dutch Association of the [[Club of Rome]]. His two fields of expertise are technology assessment and life cycle analyses of energy systems, focussed on sustainability aspects. He published numerous reports and articles on various topics related to energy and environment, also in peer-reviewed scientific journals.<ref>{{cite webjournal|title=Nuclear uncertainties: Energy loans for fission power |date=1985 |author=Jan Willem Storm van Leeuwen |journal=Energy Policy |doi=10.1016/0301-4215(85)90158-2 |pages=253–266}}</ref>

| url=http://www.stormsmith.nl/report20050803/aboutauthors.pdf

| title=About the authors (Jan Willem Storm van Leeuwen and Philip Bartlett Smith)

| date=2005-08-03

| accessdate=2008-04-26

}}</ref>

==Nuclear energy study==

{{see also|Energy return on energy invested}}

He is best known for the paper ''Nuclear power the energy balance'' that he wrote with Philip Smith (also named ''Stormsmith studies''), where they analyzed the energy payback from the entire nuclear power system. The energy inputs were calculated based on various assumptions and guesses about the technologies used in uranium production, rather than actually measuring them. They concluded that the major parameter determining the energy balance was the grade of the uranium ore, and ore grades lower than 180 ppm do not yield an energy gain when used in the nuclear fuel cycle.<ref name=original/>

The study was heavily criticized, such as a rebuttal by researchers from the [[Paul Scherrer Institute]].<ref>http://gabe.web.psi.ch/pdfs/Critical%20note%20GHG%20PSI.pdf Dones, Roberto, 2007. Critical note on the estimation by storm van Leeuwen J.W. and Smith P. of the energy uses and corresponding CO2 emissions from the complete nuclear energy chain. Paul Scherrer Institute Policy Report, April |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011225201/http://gabe.web.psi.ch/pdfs/Critical%20note%20GHG%20PSI.pdf |archive-date=10 Oct 2011 |url-status=dead</ref>

ThisWith studyfurther hascriticism been criticised byfrom Sevior and Flitney. Theywho issued the following statement:<ref name=ninfo/><ref name=wna/>:

<blockquote>

''We compared the predicted energy cost [using Storm van Leeuwen's study<ref name=original/>] of Uranium mining and milling for Ranger, Olympic Dam and Rössing to the energy consumption as reported. All are significantly over predicted (5 PJ, 60 PJ and 69 PJ vs 0.8 PJ, 5 PJ and 1 PJ respectively). [...]''

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Storm van Leeuwen noted that :

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''The method of Sevior and Flitney based on financial data appears to me full of hidden assumptions, bookkeeping problems, [[Statistical significance#Pitfalls|statistical pitfalls]]{{Broken anchor|date=2024-05-29|bot=User:Cewbot/log/20201008/configuration|target_link=Statistical significance#Pitfalls|reason= The anchor (Pitfalls) [[Special:Diff/378689107|has been deleted]].}} and uncertainties.''

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The paper has been used by anti-nuclear organizations to claim that nuclear power is not clean enough to be considered a part of a clean energy mix.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.feasta.org/documents/energy/nuclear_power2.htm|title=Why Nuclear Power Cannot be a Major Energy Source|author=David Fleming|date=April 2006-04|accessdateaccess-date=2009-12-06}}</ref>

==Other papers==

{{See also|Life-cycle greenhouse-gas emissions of energy sources}}

Storm van Leeuwen also presented his previous work as part of another non-[[peer reviewed]] controversial paper "''Secure Energy? Civil Nuclear Power, Security and Global Warming''",<ref name=storm2/> published by a [[think tank]], the [[Oxford Research Group]], claimingan thatinstitute unaffiliated with [[Oxford University]], in which it argues nuclear power is not a long-term reducer of greenhouse gas emissions.<ref name=storm2med/>

His original results has been used in a study<ref name=sydlen/> -'' Life cycle energy and greenhouse gas emissions of nuclear energy: A review. Energy Conversion and Management -'' with several modifications.

Storm van Leeuwen is recognized by Open Democracy as one of their notable authors.<ref>{{cite web

|url=http://www.opendemocracy.net/author/Jan_Willem_Storm_van_Leeuwen.jsp

|title=Author Jan Willem Storm van Leeuwen

|publisher=OpenDemocracy

|accessdateaccess-date=2008-04-26

|url-status=dead

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705071025/http://www.opendemocracy.net/author/Jan_Willem_Storm_van_Leeuwen.jsp

|archive-date=2008-07-05

}}</ref>

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==Personal life==

Storm van Leeuwen lives in [[Chaam]] with his wife, the artist {{Interlanguage link multi|Pien Storm van Leeuwen|nl}}.

==See also==

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==References==

{{Reflist|2|refs=

<ref name=ninfo>{{cite web

| url=http://nuclearinfo.net/Nuclearpower/SeviorSLSRebutall

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| author=Martin Sevior

| date=2006-06-02

| accessdateaccess-date=2009-12-06

}}</ref>

<ref name=wna>{{cite web

| url=http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/inf11.html

| title=Energy Analysis of Power Systems

| author=

| publisher=[[World Nuclear Association]]

| date=March 2006-03

| accessdateaccess-date=2008-04-30

| archive-date=20052013-0802-0315

}}</ref>

| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130215070759/http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/inf11.html

| url-status=dead

}}</ref>

<ref name=original>{{cite web

| url= http://www.stormsmith.nl

| title= Nuclear Energy: the Energy Balance

| author= Jan Willem Storm van Leeuwen | coauthorsauthor2= Philip Smith

| date= 30 July 2005 | format= [[PDF]] |work= |publisher=

| accessdateaccess-date= 2008-01-18

| pages= |doi= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote=

| accessdate= 2008-01-18

}}</ref>

<ref name=storm2med>{{cite web

|url=http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/mar2007/db20070326_366468.htm

|title=New Debate Over Nuclear Option

|date=2007-03-26

|publisher=[[Business Week]]

|author=Moira Herbst

|accessdateaccess-date=2008-04-26

|url-status=dead

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080302202226/http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/mar2007/db20070326_366468.htm

|archive-date=2008-03-02

}}</ref>

<ref name=storm2>{{cite book

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|publisher=Oxford Research Group (ORG), UK

|isbn=978-0-9552846-1-8

|date=March 2007-03

|pages=56

|accessdateaccess-date=2008-04-26

}}</ref>

<ref name=sydlen>

{{Cite web

|url=http://www.isa.org.usyd.edu.au/publications/documents/ISA_Nuclear_Report.pdf

|first= M.

|last=Lenzen

|title=Life cycle energy and greenhouse gas emissions of nuclear energy: A review. Energy Conversion and Management

|url-status=dead

|accessdate=2007-07-13

|access-date=2013-11-08

|publisher=University of Sydney

|year=2008

|page=69

|authorquote=[[Frank Barnaby]], James Kemp and others}}

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130903013536/http://www.isa.org.usyd.edu.au/publications/documents/ISA_Nuclear_Report.pdf

|archive-date=2013-09-03

}}

</ref>

}}

==ExternalFurther linksreading==

*[http://www.stormsmith.nl Stormsmith]

==External references==

*{{cite web

|url=http://www.thetimes.co.za/PrintEdition/Article.aspx?id=633521

|title=The real cost of power

|publisherwork=[[The Times]]

|date=2007-11-24

|author=

|access-date=20072008-1104-2426

|url-status=dead

|accessdate=2008-04-26

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090601194052/http://www.thetimes.co.za/PrintEdition/Article.aspx?id=633521

|archive-date=2009-06-01

}}

*{{cite web

|url=http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=37405

|title=Divisions Surface Over Nuclear Option

|author=Julio Godoy

|publisher=Inter Press Services

|date=2007-04-19

|accessdateaccess-date=2008-04-26

|url-status=dead

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080312015354/http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=37405

|archive-date=2008-03-12

}}

*{{cite web

|url=http://www.iaea.org/Publications/Magazines/Bulletin/Bull471/nuclear_reactions.pdf

|title=Nuclear Reactions - Nuclear Power for electricity generation keeps generating heated debate...

|authorauthor1=Helen Caldicott and Nikolas D. Kristof

|author2=Nikolas D. Kristof

|publisher=[[IAEA]]

|date=2005-09

|date=September 2005

|accessdate=2008-04-26

| accessdateaccess-date=2008-04-26

|url-status=dead

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012104230/http://www.iaea.org/Publications/Magazines/Bulletin/Bull471/nuclear_reactions.pdf

|archive-date=2008-10-12

}}

==External referenceslinks==

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