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Little Controversies: A Slew of Nuclear Energy From U.S. News and World Report: Despite a slew of developed nations putting the brakes on nuclear programs in the wake of Japan's Fukushima disaster, global nuclear energy generation is expected to increase significantly, climbing 30 percent by the end of the decade, according to recent research. A slew? Is that like a murder of crows? Rapidly increasing demand for electricity coupled with surging fossil fuel prices is making nuclear power an increasingly attractive option for many countries, especially in those where large-scale alternative-energy generation—such as wind and solar—is impractical. Around 45 current nuclear-free nations including the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Poland and Bangladesh are looking at adding the controversial power source to their energy portfolio, the GlobalData report noted. That controversy might be a little overhyped if 45 countries that have never used nuclear energy are considering implementation. If you’ve really got to promote t Egypt Invites Russia to Join NPP, Uranium Mining Projects Egypt has invited Russia to join a project to build a nuclear power plant (NPP) in the country and to develop Egyptian uranium deposits, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Friday.The Egyptian delegation “has come up with a proposal for [Russian state nuclear energy corporation] Rosatom to send a delegation to resume cooperation on Egypt’s peaceful atom development program and on the construction of nuclear power generation facilities,” Novak said.The Russian minister said Egypt plans to build a nuclear power plant with a capacity of four gigawatt before 2025.Egypt also invited Russia to jointly develop its uranium deposits, the minister said.Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said that Egypt, which has been seeking a $4.8 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), has also requested a loan from Russia. He did not disclose the sum, saying only that it was “pretty significant.”“A loan issue was broached. The financial authorities will enter int 66 bln rbl to be spent toward building Novovoronezh NPP 2 Investment in the construction of the Novovoronezh NPP 2 will run into some 66 billion rubles in 2013-2014, Sergei Kiriyenko, the head of the Nuclear Energy State Corporation Rosatom, told reporters in Novovoronezh on Monday.He said that the spending for the construction of two reactors of Novovoronezh NPP 2 in 2013 prices will make up 220 billion rubles. Rosatom intends to save some 10 billion rubles at these stages of the construction, Kiriyenko added.The physical startup of the first reactor is due in late 2013, Kiriyenko said. He said 6,000 people must be employed at the construction site by late 2013. “What matters the most is not the number of those employed but their skills, as the most intricate work is to start,” he said.The first reactor of the Novovoronezh NPP is to go into operation in 2014, the second in 2015. The plant is at the top of the list of stations to be built under the federal program for the development of Russia’s nuclear energy complex in 2007-2012 and u |
EU nuclear operators happily foot bill for stress test safety improvements Précis: The European Parliament non-binding resolution that all safety improvements recommended following stress on nuclear reactors across the EU must be carried out urgently estimates EUR 25bn in reparations must be paid for by nuclear operators. The resolution was originally drafted in January, and was adopted on the14 March by a considerable margin with 414 votes in favour, against 116 in opposition, with 83 abstentions. After events in Fukushima, 145 reactors were tested across 15 European Union member state countries to assess whether nuclear plants could withstand a similar natural disaster, nearly all of those plants reviewed needed safety improvements. Image: Primary Event: Nuclear Long Term Operations & Upgrades Conference Premium`: Russia, Turkey to continue discuss tax privileges on Akkuyu NPP project Russian and Turkey consider the Akkuyu nuclear plant project as a strategic one in bilateral cooperation, according to a protocol of the 12th session of the Russian-Turkish intergovernmental commission on trade and economic cooperation that closed its work on Saturday.A key problem about the project is tax privileges the Russian side wants from the Turkish partners. A joint working group set up by Russia’s state-run nuclear corporation Rosatom and Turkey’s ministry of energy will continue to deal with this matter, the protocol says.The Russian side stressed it had fulfilled all its obligations as concerns applications for licenses and permits to begin the construction of the nuclear plant.Apart from that, Rosatom and its Turkish partners agreed to develop cooperation to create a system of handling radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel.The Akkuyu Nuclear plant project in Turkey’s Mersin province would the first nuclear plant in Turkey. It is a big project for Russia and a strat The Clear Case for CWIP – A Rebuttal to Mark Cooper’s Analysis on “Advanced Cost Recovery” Uprate at St. Lucie impossible without CWIP.Two nuclear critics, Peter Bradford and Mark Cooper, recently published a report (pdf) explaining how “advanced cost recovery” for nuclear plants in Florida and South Carolina “creates another nuclear fiasco.” Cooper’s main argument seems to be that Construction Work in Progress (CWIP) shifts to ratepayers all of the risks of building nuclear plants. This is either a deliberate distortion or a misunderstanding of how the cost recovery mechanism works.How “advanced cost recovery” (aka CWIP) worksWhen a utility builds any type of project, it uses a mix of debt and equity to pay for the construction. The debt comes from banks and other investors and, of course, the utility must pay interest to use the debt. The equity comes from the utility’s shareholders and also requires a return for its use. The CWIP financing mechanism, which is also allowed by the federal government for interstate transmission projects, allows a company buil |
Brazil: upgrades and new-build required as hydrologic risks mount Précis: Brazilian nuclear energy received a boost after the announcement of a BR3.8 billion deal between the government backed utility Electobras and the state owned bank Caixa Economica Federal, to fund the construction of a third thermonuclear power plant at the Angra site on the South East coast. By Peter Taberner The cash injection is due to be used on purchasing machinery, equipment and services for the plant in an agreement that will see the federal government underwrite the deal, where Caixa Economica Federal will receive 6.5% interest per year with an amortisation period of 20 years. Image: Primary Event: Nuclear Long Term Operations & Upgrades Conference Premium`: No read more All the President’s Science Advisors–Endorse Nuclear Energy President Barack Obama made climate change an issue he wants to focus on in his second term. This may lead somewhere or nowhere, depending on the variables, but so it goes. In crafting a policy(which hasn’t yet emerged), the President turned to his advisors on the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) for comment. What is PCAST? President Obama established the current PCAST in 2010 as an advisory group of leading scientists and engineers who directly advise the President and the Executive Office of the President; one of the members serves as the Assistant to the President for Science and Technology (the Science Advisor). PCAST’s charter is to advise the President on matters involving science, technology, and innovation policy, including, but not limited to, policy that affects science, technology, and innovation, as well as scientific and technical information that is needed to inform public policy relating to the economy, energy, environment, Role of politics and nuclear energy Précis: Now that Barack Obama has avoided the stress of moving house for another four years, what does this mean for the nuclear industry during the second term of the Obama administration? Additional reporting by K. Steiner-Dicks Looking back to Obama’s first term in office, his re-election would suggest that it is positive for nuclear energy as he has continually supported nuclear power, even after Fukushima, believing the facilities in the US are rigorously monitored and could withstand a similar earthquake. Image: Premium`: No read more |
Areva: overcoming obsolescence with digital technology Précis: Nuclear Energy Insider looks at how the industry is relying on digital technology to combat obsolescence while also improving plant reliability. By Ritesh Gupta The nuclear power industry is increasingly looking at sophisticated options for monitoring and controlling plants’ processes and equipment. Being an integral part of a plant’s operations, the instrumentation and control (I&C) system is quite significant for plant modernisation as well as new plant construction. Image: Primary Event: Nuclear Long Term Operations & Upgrades Conference Premium`: No read more Media Advisory: Be Sure to Fact Check Joseph Mangano, Janette Sherman and Robert Alvarez We've gotten a heads up that Joseph Mangano, the brains behind the "Tooth Fairy" project, will be holding a press conference tomorrow afternoon fronting more junk science about nuclear energy. He'll be back with the usual suspects, Robert Alvarez and Janette Sherman, this time claiming that closing the Rancho Seco nuclear plant (click here for a photo) in California "might" have coincided with a decrease in cancer deaths.Mangano and company are making these claims despite the fact that nuclear power plants only account for .1% of the radiation that a typical American is exposed to over the course of a year. Meanwhile, exposures from life saving medical procedures like CT scans and X-Rays account for about 50%.Putting that aside, a number of third party experts and journalists have regularly taken turns debunking Mangano's research. In 2011, Michael Moyer of Scientific American said the following about one Mangano study that claimed Americans were suffering from severe health effects in Bushehr Nuclear Plant Unaffected by Iran Earthquake Iran’s first nuclear power plant in Bushehr was not affected by the devastating earthquake that hit the country on Tuesday, Russia’s Federal Atomic Agency Rosatom said.“It’s business as usual at the station,” a Rosatom representative told RIA Novosti. “The station did not even feel any tremors as a result of the earthquake.”Iran's Press TV reported citing local officials that the quake, whose epicenter was located in southeastern Iran's province of Sistan and Baluchistan between the cities of Saravan and Khash, near the border with Pakistan, caused no casualties in the quake-stricken areas. The Fars news agency reported 12 people were injured. Earlier reports from Iranian media said some 40 people were killed in the earthquake, but they were not confirmed.But Pakistani media said over 30 people were killed and dozens injured in Pakistan by the earthquake, which measured, according to different sources, from 7.5 to 7.8 on the Richter scale. The Dawn.com news portal cited o |
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