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*)
Net-based values
(Czech and Swiss
nuclear power
plants gross-based)
1)
Refueling
2)
Inspection
3)
Repair
4)
Stretch-out-operation
5)
Stretch-in-operation
6)
Hereof traction supply
7)
Incl. steam supply
8)
New nominal
capacity since
January 2016
9)
Data for the Leibstadt
(CH) NPP will
be published in a
further issue of atw
BWR: Boiling
Water Reactor
PWR: Pressurised
Water Reactor
Source: VGB
by burning coal, natural gas, wood
fuels and peat. While many Finnish
cities have progressive climate policies
and goals, they have struggled to
decarbonise heating and liquid fuels,
the society said. Rauli Partanen,
vice-chair of the society and an independent
energy analyst and author,
said there are “significant economic
possibilities” in producing combined
heat and power (CHP) with nuclear
reactors. He said: “With CHP, the
reactor could produce roughly twice
the value per installed capacity compared
with just electricity production,
while at the same time decarbonising
heat production.” He said nuclear
is great for baseload needs, but
with advanced technologies such as
high temperature reactors and high
temperature electrolysis, nuclear can
also be used to decarbonise not just
electricity, heat but also transportation
fuels and many industries”.
| | www.vtt.fi
EDF ‘Cannot build new
reactors in France without
guarantees’
(nucnet) French state-controlled
utility EDF can no longer build new
nuclear reactors in France without
state support, chief executive officer
Jean-Bernard Levy was quoted as
saying in an interview with the Ouest
France daily newspaper. Asked when
EDF could build new reactors at home,
Mr Levy said: “Henceforth, we cannot
build new reactors without adequate
regulation providing guaranteed
income”. He said the Flamanville-3
EPR project under construction in
northern France began at a time of
high power prices and that now all
power sources, nuclear as well as
renewables, need to get “the same
visibility on sales prices”. For its
project to build two EPRs at Hinkley
Point in the UK, EDF obtained an
EU-approved state-guaranteed price
of £92.5 per MWh over 35 years,
which is above current market prices.
The government of French president
Emmanuel Macron is planning to close
old reactors to reduce the share of nuclear
energy in French power generation
to 50% by around 2035 from 75 %
today. Mr Levy said EDF expects to get
approval to load nuclear fuel at
Flamanville-3 at the end of 2018.
| | www.edf.com
Japan’s Regulator:
Kashiwazaki Kariwa-6 and -7
meet new safety standards
(nucnet) Units 6 and 7 of the
Kashiwazaki Kariwa nuclear power
station in Niigata Prefecture, northwestern
Japan, meet new regulatory
standards imposed after the March
2011 Fukushima-Daiichi accident, the
Nuclear Regulation Authority said.
The two units, owned and operated
by Tokyo Electric Power Company
(Tepco) are the first boiling water
reactors to meet the new standards.
Tepco also owns the Fukushima-
Daiichi station.
Kashiwazaki Kariwa was not affected
by the March 2011 earthquake and
tsunami which damaged Fukushima-
Daiichi, although the station’s seven
reactors had all been offline for up to
three years following a 2007 earthquake
which damaged the site but did
not damage the reactors themselves.
While the units were offline, work
was carried out to improve the
facility’s earthquake resistance.
Accord ing to JAIF, the governor of
Niigata Prefecture, Ryuichi Yoneyama,
has said he will not discuss restarting
the two units until further information
about nuclear incidents and their
impact on public health is made available.
Both units are 1,315-MW BWRS.
Kashiwazaki Kariwa-6 began commercial
operation in November 1996 and
Kashiwazaki Kariwa-7 in July 1997.
Tokyo-based nuclear industry
group the Japan Atomic Industrial
Forum said 14 nuclear units have now
been approved by the NRA as meeting
the new standards. They are
Kashiwazaki Kariwa-6 and -7,
Operating Results October 2017 (corrigendum, atw 1 (2018) p. 58)
Plant name
Type
Nominal
capacity
gross
[MW]
net
[MW]
Operating
time
generator
[h]
Energy generated, gross
[MWh]
Time availability
[%]
Energy availability
[%] *) Energy utilisation
[%] *)
Month Year Since Month Year Month Year Month Year
commissioning
KBR Brokdorf DWR 1480 1410 745 937 223 3 903 011 338 316 924 100.00 41.98 93.94 39.11 84.59 35.98
KKE Emsland 4) DWR 1406 1335 745 1 004 762 9 304 398 333 303 977 100.00 91.93 99.93 91.77 95.81 90.70
KWG Grohnde DWR 1430 1360 745 970 799 8 126 396 365 069 095 100.00 87.01 94.85 83.35 90.42 77.21
KRB B Gundremmingen 4) SWR 1344 1284 745 778 570 8 351 414 330 004 358 100.00 91.83 100.00 90.98 76.78 84.52
KRB C Gundremmingen SWR 1344 1288 745 968 428 7 990 831 318 640 904 100.00 85.41 99.83 83.30 96.32 81.02
KKI-2 Isar DWR 1485 1410 745 1 073 129 9 378 353 339 453 163 100.00 89.84 99.71 89.37 96.66 86.22
KKP-2 Philippsburg DWR 1468 1402 745 1 046 248 5 745 846 353 059 535 100.00 55.80 99.92 55.72 94.15 52.80
GKN-II Neckarwestheim DWR 1400 1310 745 1 011 300 8 549 400 318 131 734 100.00 86.71 99.50 86.46 97.13 83.84
Operating Results November 2017
Plant name
Type
Nominal
capacity
gross
[MW]
net
[MW]
Operating
time
generator
[h]
Energy generated, gross
[MWh]
Time availability
[%]
Energy availability Energy utilisation
[%] *) [%] *)
Month Year Since Month Year Month Year Month Year
commissioning
KBR Brokdorf DWR 1480 1410 720 942 685 4 845 695 339 259 608 100.00 47.20 93.97 44.04 88.16 40.67
KKE Emsland 4) DWR 1406 1335 720 1 017 448 10 321 846 334 321 425 100.00 92.65 99.77 92.49 100.61 91.59
KWG Grohnde DWR 1430 1360 446 586 675 8 713 070 365 655 769 61.99 84.77 56.84 80.97 56.57 75.35
KRB B Gundremmingen 4) SWR 1344 1284 720 701 347 9 052 761 330 705 705 100.00 92.56 98.85 91.69 71.32 83.33
KRB C Gundremmingen SWR 1344 1288 720 956 516 8 947 347 319 597 420 100.00 86.72 98.05 84.62 98.30 82.57
KKI-2 Isar DWR 1485 1410 720 1 061 544 10 439 897 340 514 707 100.00 90.75 100.00 90.33 99.05 87.37
KKP-2 Philippsburg DWR 1468 1402 720 1 042 562 6 788 408 354 102 097 100.00 59.77 100.00 59.69 97.08 56.77
GKN-II Neckarwestheim DWR 1400 1310 720 996 000 9 545 400 319 127 734 100.00 87.91 98.51 87.54 99.08 85.21
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