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Mah: Proposal to set up nuke plant not finalised
The government has not made any decision on the proposal to build the first nuclear generation plant in the country, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Mah Siew Keong.
He said any decision on the matter would be made after considering the findings of a study being conducted by the Malaysian Nuclear Power Corporation (MNPC), as well as the views of the people.
Based on a feasibility study that was being conducted, any decision made now on site evaluation, as well as other related activities, the earliest date for the nuclear plant to be operational will only be in 2030, he said in a written reply distributed in the Dewan Rakyat today.
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Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Mah Siew Keong has promised that his department would be transparent and will seek public feedback on the heated issue of nuclear power plants. The government is still studying their feasibility.
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N-power plant poser
Last updated on 25 September 2013 – 11:50pm
THE government has been urged to explain whether nuclear power plants are in the works as a parliamentary reply on the matter contradicts a report from an international nuclear association.
Charles Santiago (DAP-Klang) said a World Nuclear Association (WNA) report stated that a government decision was to have been made by last year after five possible sites in the peninsula were identified by the Energy Green Technology and Water Ministry.
However, in a written reply to Santiago from the Prime Minister’s Department, the government said two nuclear plants have been suggested under the Economic Transformation Programme, but the proposal is still being studied.
According to the government, the locations have not been identified, though public feedback will be sought if a site evaluation study is done.
“So who is telling the truth now?” asked Santiago in a press conference today.
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Nuclear Power Asia 2013 conference
Kuala Lumpur Shangri-La
January 15-16, 2013
The 4th Annual Nuclear Power Asia 2013 will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on January 15-16, 2013.
Nuclear Power Asia is an event dedicated to the latest solutions, products and technology for the nuclear power industry including financing, contracting and ownership, environmental issues such as waste management, human capital and industrial development in the nuclear power industry, developments and potential of nuclear power in the region.
Nuclear Power Asia brings together delegates from government, nuclear energy programme implementing organizations, utilities and operators, EPCs, energy agencies, financial and law firms, service and solution providers, NSSS vendors, construction and more.
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Watch out for conference to help profit-hungry nuclear lobby’
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Jan 9: An activist has warned that the upcoming fourth annual Nuclear Power Asia 2013 conference in Kuala Lumpur is part of a greater plan by the nuclear power industry to push Malaysia and other countries into adapting the controversial energy source.
“This conference provides an occasion for the big-time nuclear power plant manufacturers, power plant operators, bankers and lawyers and ‘consultants’ to hobnob with our government agency boys.
“Many of these nuclear power ‘stakeholders’ are no doubt eyeing a lucrative slice of the pie by pushing nuclear energy in this part of the world – at a time when public opinion in the West has turned against nuclear energy,” said Penang based activist journalist Anil Netto in a posting on his blog.
The speakers at the conference, to be held at the Kuala Lumpur Shangri-La on January 15-16, 2013, include those involved in local nuclear-related agencies as well as Zamzam Jaafar, CEO of Malaysia Nuclear Power Corporation.
Others are Michael Cooper from HSBC Malaysia’s Project Finance, and individuals representing nuclear agencies of countries such as Turkey, France, Bangladesh, Australia, China, Indonesia and Japan, the latter where the recent Fukushima nuclear reactor tragedy renewed intense debate on whether the advantage of nuclear power outweighs the danger it poses to the public.
‘Watch out for conference to help profit-hungry nuclear lobby’
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About the event
Despite the nuclear industry going through unprecedented challenges following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, the Asian nuclear industry shows major signs of growth.
Tired of volatile fossil fuel prices, many Asian governments are seeking reliable and constant supplies of baseload power from nuclear reactors. This is to meet rising electricity demand from industry and increasingly affluent households, as well as to reduce GHG emissions. According to a recent IAEA report, there are currently 41 reactors under construction across Asia, and over the next decade there are 98 reactors planned, with a further 221 proposed.
It is clear that the future of nuclear power is in Asia.
Supported by the World Nuclear Association, the 4th Annual Nuclear Power Asia conference & exhibition returns to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 15-16 January 2013. Bringing together the global nuclear power industry to discuss the opportunities of growth in the Asia region. Focusing on new builds and safety, Nuclear Power Asia will be a platform for regulators, nuclear energy agencies and operators to discuss the challenges and opportunities that countries looking at establishing a nuclear power programme are facing. Presentations from key nuclear power stakeholders from the Asia region and beyond will provide practical “tools” for emerging nuclear power countries to accelerate their nuclear power programme, providing an effective platform designed to inspire delegates from the industry to meet the challenges of nuclear power development.
Nuclear Power Asia 2012 saw over 230 participants from over 150 companies in attendance. Now in its fourth year, with 300 expected attendees, and a targeted exhibition of 20+ exhibitors covering the entire nuclear power generation supply chain, the 2013 edition of Nuclear Power Asia promises to be once again the region’s premier conference and exhibition for the nuclear power community.
If you want to be to be at the forefront of nuclear developments in Asia, this is one not to be missed event.
Read testimonials from attendees of the 2012 conference & exhibition.
Nuclear Power Asia 2013, 15-16 January 2013, Kuala Lumpur ..
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While the government has looked at several locations as possible sites for nuclear power plants, it has yet to decide if these will be built any time soon, said Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak.
“Until today, only site selection studies have been done using digital maps of the peninsula, without any field work being done thus far,” he said in a written parliamentary reply to Sim Tong Him (DAP-Kota Melaka).
The proposal to build two nuclear power plants has been listed as one of the Entry Point Projects under the government’s Economic Transformation Programme in the oil, gas and energy sector.
Detailed studies into future energy needs and preparations are needed before such plants can be built, said Najib.
Sites found, but decision pending on nuke plants
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14 September 2012 | last updated at 12:47AM
Malaysia ‘can co-build nuke plant’
Read more: Malaysia ‘can co-build nuke plant’ – General – New Straits Times http://www.nst.com.my/nation/general/malaysia-can-co-build-nuke-plant-1.143483#ixzz26Xwo5CIQ
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In Dec 2010, the government said it had planned to build two nuclear power plants that would generate 1,000 megawatts each, one by 2021 and the second a year later.
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The granting of the temporary operating licence (TOL) for Lynas’ rare-earth plant in Gebeng showed the government’s disregard for public health, and sets a precedent for more hazardous projects to come, said DAP.
“That the BN government has no hesitation to issue the TOL to Lynas even before the general elections shows its commitment towards Lynas and profits over the people’s health.
“Clearly should BN win (the next GE), Lynas would operate fully without any restrictions followed by the building of two nuclear reactors in BN-controlled states,” said DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng in a statement today.
He was referring to the government’s plans to construct two nuclear power plants despite heavy public outcry.
Lim who is also Penang chief minister had pledged that the Pakatan Rakyat-led state government would not approve any land for such projects.
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Guan Eng: First Lynas, next comes nuclear plants
Guan Eng: Vote out BN to shut Lynas plant
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Genetic mutations from the Fukushima blast
New casualties from the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan: mutated butterflies
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Photo 1 of 5: Butterflies from around Fukushima are showing genetic damage causing physical mutations such as deformed eyes and smaller, deformed wings.
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An adult pale grass blue butterfly is shown with dented eyes and stunted wings.
In this undated photo taken by Chiyo Nohara at University of the Ryukyus and released by the university, an adult pale grass blue butterfly collected near the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant is shown with dented eyes and stunted wings at the university laboratory in Nishihara, Okinawa, southern Japan. Japanese researchers said they found mutations in butterflies caused by radiation from the power plant. A member of the team conducting the research, Joji Otaki of the university, said Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012, that his group’s findings show radiation emitted following catastrophic meltdowns in three of the plant’s reactors after it was damaged by a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011 is affecting the environment. AP/ Chiyo Nohara of University of the Ryukyus
An adult pale grass blue butterfly is shown with dented eyes and stunted wings.
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Joji Otaki, associate professor at Ryukyu University in Okinawa, southwestern Japan, “We have reached the firm conclusion that radiation released from the Fukushima Daiichi plant damaged the genes of the butterflies.”
Malay Mail
Fukushima caused mutant butterflies: scientists
GENETIC mutations have been found in three generations of butterflies from near Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, scientists said Tuesday, raising fears radiation could affect other species.
Around 12 per cent of pale grass blue butterflies that were exposed to nuclear fallout as larvae immediately after the tsunami-sparked disaster had abnormalities, including smaller wings and damaged eyes, researchers said.
The insects were bred in a laboratory outside the fallout zone and 18 per cent of their offspring displayed similar problems, said Joji Otaki, associate professor at Ryukyu University in Okinawa, southwestern Japan.
The figure rose to 34 per cent in the third generation of butterflies, he said, even though one parent from each coupling was from an unaffected population.
The researchers also collected another 240 butterflies in Fukushima in September last year, six months after the disaster. Abnormalities were recorded in 52 per cent, which was “a dominantly high ratio”, Otaki told AFP.
The results of the study were published in Scientific Reports, an online research journal from the publishers of Nature.
Otaki later carried out a comparison test in Okinawa exposing unaffected butterflies to low levels of radiation, with the results showing similar rates of abnormality, he said.
“We have reached the firm conclusion that radiation released from the Fukushima Daiichi plant damaged the genes of the butterflies,” Otaki said.
Fukushima caused mutant butterflies: scientists
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The biological impacts of the Fukushima nuclear accident on the pale grass blue butterfly
The collapse of the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant caused a massive release of radioactive materials to the environment. A prompt and reliable system for evaluating the biological impacts of this accident on animals has not been available. Here we show that the accident caused physiological and genetic damage to the pale grass blue Zizeeria maha, a common lycaenid butterfly in Japan. We collected the first-voltine adults in the Fukushima area in May 2011, some of which showed relatively mild abnormalities. The F1 offspring from the first-voltine females showed more severe abnormalities, which were inherited by the F2 generation. Adult butterflies collected in September 2011 showed more severe abnormalities than those collected in May. Similar abnormalities were experimentally reproduced in individuals from a non-contaminated area by external and internal low-dose exposures. We conclude that artificial radionuclides from the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant caused physiological and genetic damage to this species.
In an article published in the British journal Nature, the scientists conclude that nuclear fallout caused the mutations.
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The Lynas debacle has now made citizens more aware of the danger of radioactive wastes. And certainly there are more lasting and terrifying environmental hazards from a nuclear mishap, as what occurred in the Three Mile Island and Chernobyl disasters, and later in March 2011 in Fukushima.
For this reason, a coalition of NGOs (Malaysian Coalition Against Nuclear (MyCAN) are already objecting against the government’s plan to opt for nuclear energy by constructing nuclear power plants in the country.
Malaysia Chronicle
Tuesday, 24 July 2012 23:17
NUKE POWER OR CALAMITY: Can greedy BN be trusted not to MESS UP?
Written by Moaz Nair, Malaysia Chronicle
Is the MNPC (Malaysia Nuclear Power Corporation) planning to go nuclear to produce power? The MNPC is said to be preparing a Nuclear Power Infrastructure Development Plan by 2013 to deliver Malaysia’s first nuclear power plant by 2021.
It was reported that a pre-feasibility study on nuclear energy for electricity generation was completed in 2010, while construction of two nuclear power plants has been identified. Apparently, the government is expected to finalise plans to build two units of nuclear power plants with a total capacity of 2 Gigawatts by 2014 in spite of the present 40 percent energy reserves the country has.
Purportedly, the government is tacitly pursuing with the idea when a few possible coastal and inland sites were named. The assigned contracts is said to be worth RM21.3bil that would easily escalate to more than RM60 to RM80 billion before the project could be completed.
Quietly opting for nuclear energy
Is the government discreetly opting for nuclear power plants without any due process? Are the people informed or aware of the pros and cons of this nuclear scheme?
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Many energy experts opine that there is no urgency in embarking on a nuclear energy project when Malaysia enjoys a 40 percent energy reserves. The financial resources made available for the nuclear plant can well be diverted to more research into exploiting many other forms of renewable energy which are environmentally safer.
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NUKE POWER OR CALAMITY: Can greedy BN be trusted not to MESS UP?
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Tuesday, 24 July 2012 23:17
Rare earth to NUKES: Must M’sian lives be put on the line to pay for BN’s GREED?
Written by Moaz Nair, Malaysia Chronicle
Is the MNPC (Malaysia Nuclear Power Corporation) planning to go nuclear to produce power? The MNPC is said to be preparing a Nuclear Power Infrastructure Development Plan by 2013 to deliver Malaysia’s first nuclear power plant by 2021.
It was reported that a pre-feasibility study on nuclear energy for electricity generation was completed in 2010, while construction of two nuclear power plants has been identified. Apparently, the government is expected to finalise plans to build two units of nuclear power plants with a total capacity of 2 Gigawatts by 2014 in spite of the present 40 percent energy reserves the country has.
Purportedly, the government is tacitly pursuing with the idea when a few possible coastal and inland sites were named. The assigned contracts is said to be worth RM21.3bil that would easily escalate to more than RM60 to RM80 billion before the project could be completed.
Quietly opting for nuclear energy
Is the government discreetly opting for nuclear power plants without any due process? Are the people informed or aware of the pros and cons of this nuclear scheme?
Disengaging the stakeholders – the people – the project may land up like what has happened to the Lynas Advanced Materials Plant (LAMP) – a rare-earth refinery plant located 25 kms from Kuantan, Pahang – now ready to operate despite all the protests against its operation.
Snubbing any consultation with the public, non-governmental organisations and rights groups representing various fields have come together to voice their dissension over the government’s implicit plan to build the nuclear plants.
Many energy experts opine that there is no urgency in embarking on a nuclear energy project when Malaysia enjoys a 40 percent energy reserves. The financial resources made available for the nuclear plant can well be diverted to more research into exploiting many other forms of renewable energy which are environmentally safer.
It appears like the government has not deliberated on the realities of nuclear power economics. How much of taxpayers’ money will be required to make nuclear power economically realistic? Is it wise to invest billions in expensive nuclear energy when investments can be made in alternative renewable energy and energy efficient technologies?
The Lynas debacle has now made citizens more aware of the danger of radioactive wastes. And certainly there are more lasting and terrifying environmental hazards from a nuclear mishap, as what occurred in the Three Mile Island and Chernobyl disasters, and later in March 2011 in Fukushima.
For this reason, a coalition of NGOs (Malaysian Coalition Against Nuclear (MyCAN) are already objecting against the government’s plan to opt for nuclear energy by constructing nuclear power plants in the country.
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Malay Mail
No nuclear plant in Penang – Guan Eng
DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng hopes the federal government will not built a nuclear power plant in Kedah, one of the seven potential sites said to have been identified for the development.
Although Penang was not one of the potential sites mentioned, Lim said the state has always been clear of its position against nuclear energy.
“If Kedah as a Pakatan Rakyat state decided to allow the proliferation of nuclear power plant, then they deserve to be changed,” Lim said.
To prove his point, Lim said he had written to Energy, Green Technology and Water Minister Datuk Seri Peter Chin Fah Kui to expressed the objection.
“That is why Penang is not one of the potential sites. We have been against the building of nuclear power plants for a long time,” he said, commenting on Malaysian Coalition Against Nuclear’s (MyCan) statement recently that the federal government had identified seven potential sites for the twin-unit nuclear power plants. The spokeperson Dr Ronald McCoy said the seven sites are located in four states – one in Kedah and two each in Perak, Terengganu and Johor.
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Malaysiakini
‘Lack of accountability on nuke plants shocking’
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Perak DAP yesterday slammed the federal government for secretly identifying seven locations in peninsula Malaysia to construct their controversial nuclear plants without consulting the public.
“Perak DAP is also shocked to learn that one of the locations is Tasek Temenggur in Hulu Perak,” said DAP Taiping MP Nga Kor Ming in a statement yesterday.
He called on Perak MB Zamry Abdul Kadir to display accountability and transparency in the matter, before any decisions are made on the construction of the plant.
“The government did not publish documents relating to these publicly, and the lack of public accountability is shocking”, said Nga (left in photo).
A coalition of anti-nuclear and environmental NGOs, the Malaysian Coalition against Nuclear (Mycan) alleged this week that the Prime Minister’s Department and Malaysian Nuclear Energy Agency had identified seven potential sites to set up nuclear power plants, including Perak, noting that the plants would be built for the nation at a cost of RM21.3 billion.
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Note the link between nuclear power plants and TNB
1 :: Power Nuclear ::: Should Malaysia build a nuclear power plant?TNB ready to undertake Malaysia‘s first Nuclear Power Plant. TNB, together with the Malaysian Nuclear Agency and Ministry of Energy, Green Technology and Water …powerofnuclear.blogspot.com/2010/10/always-green-for… – Cached
2 Tenaga ready to construct nuclear power plant | Asian PowerTenaga ready to construct nuclear power plant . TNB has declared its readiness to construct Malaysia’s first nuclear power plant to diversify the country’s energy …asian-power.com/project/in-focus/tenaga-ready-construct… – Cached
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A coalition today revealed that the government has secretly pushed for its nuclear power plants project and has preliminarily identified the potential sites for them, despite objections from the ground.
The government, through the Malaysia Nuclear Power Corporation (MNPC), has identified seven sites for twin-unit nuclear power plants, said Malaysian Coalition Against Nuclear (MyCan) spokeperson Dr Ronald McCoy.
The seven sites are located in four states – one in Kedah and two each in Perak, Terengganu and Johor, he said in a press conference.
McCoy said five sites are located near the coastal areas, while two sites are located inland – Tasik Temenggor in Perak and Tasik Kenyir in Terengganu, as a massive amount of water is needed to cool down the twin reactors.
He said the coalition had obtained this accurate information within a month, but was not able to reveal its sources and the exact potential areas to protect its sources.
Despite the recent nuclear disaster in Japan, he said, the Malaysian government went ahead to secretly proceed with its nuclear power plant plans, apparently not able at all to learn from previous bad experiences.
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The sixth fuel: Nuclear energy for Malaysia
By Md. Nasrudin Md. Akhir and Aurangzaib Alamgir | 31 May 2011
Article Highlights
- Even after the Fukushima accident, Malaysia’s current government leaders are much more receptive to nuclear energy than their predecessors were.
- There is no question that Malaysia needs new sources of energy to meet future demands without relying heavily on imports.
- We believe that Malaysia can meet its future energy needs with renewable energy sources instead of nuclear power.
Should Malaysia go nuclear to meet its future energy demands? That question has been the focus of heated political debate in Malaysia for the past eight years. Mahathir Mohamad, who served as prime minister from 1981 to 2003, was firmly committed to a non-nuclear Malaysia. But since his departure, his successors have made some moves toward nuclear energy production. In December 2010, for example, Peter Chin, the country’s energy minister, announced plans to build two 1,000-megawatt nuclear power plants by 2022. A month later, Prime Minister Najib Razak announced the establishment of the Malaysian Nuclear Power Corporation, which will lead the planning process.
The Fukushima nuclear accident, however, has raised new doubts about whether Malaysia is ready for nuclear power. Malaysian experts disagree over the need for nuclear power plants, and their potential impact on public safety and the environment. There is little doubt that Malaysia must develop new energy sources to meet its future energy demands without relying on costly foreign imports. But these demands can be met with renewable energy instead.
Read the rest of the article; click on the link:
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Malaysia plans to build two nuclear power plants that will generate 1,000 megawatts each with the first plant ready for operation in 2021 and the second plant, a year later, as part of the overall long-term plan to balance energy supply.
Energy, Green Technology and Water Minister Peter Chin said the government would engage an international consultant to evaluate the location and requirement for such plants to be built.
Meanwhile, more awareness and education programmes will be carried out to inform people on such a need.
“Hopefully, by 2013 or 2014, we will able to finish evaluating this. As for calling of tenders, we hope it will be done by 2016,” he told Bernama in an interview.
He said Malaysia was heavily reliant on gas and coal for its electricity supply as it was government policy to reduce reliance on fossil fuel.
Gas accounted for 64 percent of the country’s energy generation while the remainder came from coal.
“We must get away from this. (It is) very much imbalance. Most countries have a good balance. We want hydro to assume a prominent role as it is clean but this can only be achieved in Sabah and Sarawak where there is much potential but not in Peninsular Malaysia,” he said.
The nuclear plan has been attacked by environmental activists who say the government has not thoroughly considered other forms of energy generation such as solar, hydroelectric and wind power.
In Dec 2010, the government said it had planned to build two nuclear power plants that would generate 1,000 megawatts each, one by 2021 and the second a year later.
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Don’t forget that TNB has been interested in nuclear power plants!
New Sabah Times
Malaysia’s first nuclear power plant an option
Posted on May 26, 2009. Filed under: Energy |
New Sabah Times- Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) targets to commission the first nuclear power plant in Malaysia by 2025 if the government decides to include nuclear as an acceptable energy option.
Head of nuclear energy unit TNB, Dr Mohd Zamzam Jaafar said TNB cannot ignore nuclear energy amid the uncertain future supply and volatile fossil fuel prices as well as gas resources.
“In order to ensure reliable and reasonably priced electricity, the proven base-load nuclear option must not be precluded,” he said during a media briefing on TNB’s future energy plans at Pulau Perhentian Besar, a resort island in Terengganu state.
Dr Mohd Zamzam said by 2019, an alternative energy supply resource will become critical as current gas resources will be on decline by that time.
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Look at the following article about TNB and nuclear power plants
Economics of Nuclear Plant
Capital Costs
Economically speaking, nuclear plant is indeed a highly capital intensive technology. If other factors are discounted, nuclear plants do not appear as palatable as other generation sources since big bucks have to be forked out. Actual nuclear power generation & capital costs vary considerably depending on the location, country and where the plants were built.
Techno-economics studies carried out for Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) – Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) Nuclear Power Pre-Feasibility Study has concluded that there is a big range of costs associated with nuclear plants. According to IEA/NEA study, typically, 1 unit of 1000MW nuclear plant’s overnight cost ranges between USD2,000/kW to USD4,500/kW. The capital cost of a coal plant ranges between USD1,000/kW to USD1,500/kW. Meanwhile, a gas plant mostly ranges between USD400 to USD800/kW. Nuclear plant has the highest overnight construction costs. Nuclear plant construction costs are generally higher, compared to coal or gas-fired plants, because of higher level of technology, sophistication of equipment, quality of material & quality assurance standards.
Production Costs
On the other hand, operation wise, nuclear plants appear to be more favourable compared to other sources due to its lower operating costs. Once the plants are commissioned, variable or operating costs are minor. Despite the highest capital cost and Operations & Maintenance (O&M) costs among other sources, overall production cost for a nuclear plant is still the lowest. In fact, nuclear power plants have achieved the lowest production costs between coal, natural gas and oil since 2001. Production costs are the O&M and fuel costs of a power plant. Fuel costs make up 26% of the overall production costs of nuclear power plants. Fuel costs for coal, natural gas and oil, however, make up more than 80% of the production costs. Observe figure below for breakdown of production costs between various generating sources.
Doubling of fuel costs will not affect the production costs due to minor percentage of fuel cost portion. As compared to gas and coal plants, nuclear plants need refuelling only once in every 15-24 months. Hence, nuclear plants are not subject to fuel price volatility like natural gas, coal and oil power plants. The graph below shows the effect of doubling the costs of fuel.
In addition, fuel costs are one area of steadily increasing efficiency and cost reduction. For instance, in Spain, nuclear electricity cost was reduced by 29% over 1995-2001. The success is attributed to boosting enrichment levels and burn-up to achieve 40% fuel cost reduction. Prospectively, a further 8% increase in burn-up will give another 5% reduction in fuel cost.
Read more by clicking on the link below
www.tnb.com.my/nuclear/economics-of-nuclear-plant.html – Cached
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