Nuclear key facts
Previousely it had been announced;
EDF intends to build four new EPR reactors (amounting to 6.4GW) at Hinkley Point and Sizewell;
Horizon Nuclear Power (a joint venture between RWE and E.ON) had set out plans for at least 6GW of new nuclear capacity at Wylfa and Oldbury. RWE and Eon (Horizon nuclear power’s parent companies) have announced on Thursday 29th March 2012 that they are withdrawing from new nuclear investment in the UK and are selling Horizon and these sites.
NuGeneration, a consortium of GDF SUEZ SA and Iberdrola SA, has set out plans to build up to 3.6GW of new nuclear capacity at Moorside
Capital costs are estimated to be 6 times that of building offshore wind farms generating the same output, factoring in availibility (wind). annual costs in subsidies for decommissioning nuclear power stations and managing nuclear waste, which cost taxpayers £7bn in 2010 are estimated to average out at £3,2 billion a year for the life of these power stations.
Annual cost in subsidies for operating the offshore wind farms = £0 of taxpayers money.
and if there is an incident that destroys the wind farm, nobody gets irradiated and it isn't a total ecological disaster lasting years and affecting generations like Nuclear power station accidents and incidents;
2011 Fukushima 5 Japan Reactor shutdown after the 2011 Sendai earthquake and tsunami; failure of emergency cooling caused an explosion
2011 Onagawa Japan Reactor shutdown after the 2011 Sendai earthquake and tsunami caused a fire
2006 Fleurus 4 Belgium Severe health effects for a worker at a commercial irradiation facility as a result of high doses of radiation
2006 Forsmark 2 Sweden Degraded safety functions for common cause failure in the emergency power supply system at nuclear power plant
2006 Erwin US Thirty-five litres of a highly enriched uranium solution leaked during transfer
2005 Sellafield 3 UK Release of large quantity of radioactive material, contained within the installation
2005 Atucha 2 Argentina Overexposure of a worker at a power reactor exceeding the annual limit
2005 Braidwood US Nuclear material leak
2003 Paks 3 Hungary Partially spent fuel rods undergoing cleaning in a tank of heavy water ruptured and spilled fuel pellets
1999 Tokaimura 4 Japan Fatal overexposures of workers following a criticality event at a nuclear facility
1999 Yanangio 3 Peru Incident with radiography source resulting in severe radiation burns
1999 Ikitelli 3 Turkey Loss of a highly radioactive Co-60 source
1999 Ishikawa 2 Japan Control rod malfunction
1993 Tomsk 4 Russia Pressure buildup led to an explosive mechanical failure
1993 Cadarache 2 France Spread of contamination to an area not expected by design
1989 Vandellos 3 Spain Near accident caused by fire resulting in loss of safety systems at the nuclear power station
1989 Greifswald Germany Excessive heating which damaged ten fuel rods
1986 Chernobyl 7 Ukraine (USSR) Widespread health and environmental effects. External release of a significant fraction of reactor core inventory
No brainer really
Previousely it had been announced;
EDF intends to build four new EPR reactors (amounting to 6.4GW) at Hinkley Point and Sizewell;
Horizon Nuclear Power (a joint venture between RWE and E.ON) had set out plans for at least 6GW of new nuclear capacity at Wylfa and Oldbury. RWE and Eon (Horizon nuclear power’s parent companies) have announced on Thursday 29th March 2012 that they are withdrawing from new nuclear investment in the UK and are selling Horizon and these sites.
NuGeneration, a consortium of GDF SUEZ SA and Iberdrola SA, has set out plans to build up to 3.6GW of new nuclear capacity at Moorside
Capital costs are estimated to be 6 times that of building offshore wind farms generating the same output, factoring in availibility (wind). annual costs in subsidies for decommissioning nuclear power stations and managing nuclear waste, which cost taxpayers £7bn in 2010 are estimated to average out at £3,2 billion a year for the life of these power stations.
Annual cost in subsidies for operating the offshore wind farms = £0 of taxpayers money.
and if there is an incident that destroys the wind farm, nobody gets irradiated and it isn't a total ecological disaster lasting years and affecting generations like Nuclear power station accidents and incidents;
2011 Fukushima 5 Japan Reactor shutdown after the 2011 Sendai earthquake and tsunami; failure of emergency cooling caused an explosion
2011 Onagawa Japan Reactor shutdown after the 2011 Sendai earthquake and tsunami caused a fire
2006 Fleurus 4 Belgium Severe health effects for a worker at a commercial irradiation facility as a result of high doses of radiation
2006 Forsmark 2 Sweden Degraded safety functions for common cause failure in the emergency power supply system at nuclear power plant
2006 Erwin US Thirty-five litres of a highly enriched uranium solution leaked during transfer
2005 Sellafield 3 UK Release of large quantity of radioactive material, contained within the installation
2005 Atucha 2 Argentina Overexposure of a worker at a power reactor exceeding the annual limit
2005 Braidwood US Nuclear material leak
2003 Paks 3 Hungary Partially spent fuel rods undergoing cleaning in a tank of heavy water ruptured and spilled fuel pellets
1999 Tokaimura 4 Japan Fatal overexposures of workers following a criticality event at a nuclear facility
1999 Yanangio 3 Peru Incident with radiography source resulting in severe radiation burns
1999 Ikitelli 3 Turkey Loss of a highly radioactive Co-60 source
1999 Ishikawa 2 Japan Control rod malfunction
1993 Tomsk 4 Russia Pressure buildup led to an explosive mechanical failure
1993 Cadarache 2 France Spread of contamination to an area not expected by design
1989 Vandellos 3 Spain Near accident caused by fire resulting in loss of safety systems at the nuclear power station
1989 Greifswald Germany Excessive heating which damaged ten fuel rods
1986 Chernobyl 7 Ukraine (USSR) Widespread health and environmental effects. External release of a significant fraction of reactor core inventory
No brainer really
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