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Jan Willem Storm van Leeuwen

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Jan Willem Storm van Leeuwen is a consultant in chemistry and energy systems with more than thirty years experience in technology assessment. Storm van Leeuwen received this Masters in 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.[1]

He is best known for the comprehensive, yet controversial paper "Nuclear power the energy balance" by Jan Willem Storm van Leeuwen and Philip Smith, where they analyzed the energy payback from the entire nuclear power system. They found the major parameter determining the energy balance to be the grade of the of the uranium ore.[2]

van Lewen also was a co-author of another controversial paper "Secure Energy? Civil Nuclear Power, Security and Global Warming" that challenged the that the greenhouse effect is zero from nuclear power published by the Oxford Research Group shows otherwise.[3][4]

Storm van Leeuwen is recognized by Open Democracy as one of their notable authors.[5]

References

  1. ^ "About the authors (Jan Willem Storm van Leeuwen and Philip Bartlett Smith)" (PDF). Retrieved 2008-04-26.
  2. ^ Jan Willem Storm van Leeuwen (30 July 2005). ""Nuclear Energy: the Energy Balance"" (PDF). Retrieved 2008-01-18. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ Frank Barnaby, Keith Barnham, James Kemp, Paul Rogers, Jan Willem Storm van Leeuwen (2007-03). "Secure Energy? Civil Nuclear Power, Security and Global Warming". Oxford Research Group (ORG), UK. p. 56. ISBN 978-0-9552846-1-8. Retrieved 2008-04-26. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Moira Herbst (2007-03-26). "New Debate Over Nuclear Option". Business Week. Retrieved 2008-04-26.
  5. ^ "Author Jan Willem Storm van Leeuwen". OpenDemocracy. Retrieved 2008-04-26.
 

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