Archive for Nuclear Power

Germany: Wind farms produce almost as much as nuclear power plants

November 9, 2007 at 9:11 pm · Filed under Germany, Nuclear Power, Wind Power

November 7th 2007: It was a windy day and a black out day for nuclear power plants in Germany. Five of the 17 nuclear power plants in Germany had problems and had to be shut down. That day wind farms almost generated as much energy as the 12 remaining nuclear power plants did. According to ISET wind farms produced 275 million kwh and the nuclear power plants generated 340 million kwh and 840 kg of fuel assembly waste. I hope we will have more windy days — but not as windy as currently.

sonnenseite.de: Offenbar ein neuer Allzeitrekord! Da von den 17 deutschen Atomkraftwerken vier wegen ungeplanter Störungen (Biblis A, Biblis B, Brunsbüttel, Krümmel) und eines wegen geplanter Inspektion (Gundremmingen C) insgesamt fünf still stehen, haben die restlichen 12 AKW etwa 340 Millionen Kilowattstunden Atomstrom produziert und dabei rund 840 Kilo Brennelementmüll erzeugt, der erst in einer Million Jahren wieder auf eine nicht mehr tödliche Radioaktivitätsstärke abgeklungen sein wird.

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China considering 20 fold increase in nuclear power by 2030 (28.05.2007)

May 28, 2007 at 8:27 am · Filed under 2030, Nuclear Power

We all know, China is a power hungry country. And: China doesn´t have many oil resources. That´s the reason there are Chinese oil expedition everywhere, competing with American oil companies. So, how to satisfy the Chinese hunger for power? One plan: Increase nuclear power resources – not just a few more power plants but by the factor 20!

The National Development and Reform Commission, which administers China’s energy policy, aims to increase nuclear power generation to between 120 million and 160 million kilowatts, the official said during a speech at a strategic energy forum held in Beijing, which was sponsored by the Chinese Construction Ministry.

Yomiuri , Japan: At present, China has 10 nuclear reactors, which are capable of generating 8 million kilowatts. China has previously announced that it wanted to up nuclear power output to 40 million kilowatts by the end of 2020.

To attain its goal under the new plan, China would need to build in excess of 100 nuclear reactors, each capable of generating 1 million kilowatts, over 20 years. If the plan is realized, China would become the world’s largest generator of nuclear power, surpassing Japan, France and the United States.

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