The moves towards non-nuclear solutions around Europe Reinhard Uhrig GLOBAL 2000 / Friends of the Earth Austria
Nuclear-Free Austria Situation in Europe 129 NPP still operating in the EU – numbers on the decline not just due to Fukushima (D, CH, I), but also due to age (UK) and cost (F, Finnland) ATOM
Meltdown decline nuclear reactors & share electricity
New built Nuclear-Free Austria active: Fin: 1 EPR, +9 years, costs tripled F: 1 EPR, +6 years, costs more than tripled SK: 2 WWER-440/213, +5 years, costs doubled Belarus: 2 AES 2006 projects: UK: 2 EPR Hinkley C, 1 EPR Sizewell C, 1 Hualong HPR1000 Bradwell HU: 2 AES 2006 projects preliminary stages: BG, PL, RO, CZ ATOM
Nuclear Phase-Out Nuclear-Free Austria Italy (after 1986), Lithuania (after EU-accession), Germany, Sweden, Belgium, Switzerland lifetime extensions, no new built: Netherlands, Spain, Slovenia, Ukraine Always nuclear-free: Denmark, Estonia, Greece, Ireland, Latvia, Norway, Portugal, Cyprus, Austria ATOM
D nuclear phase-out Declining nuclear energy installed capacity, 2000–2022
Price new nuclear already higher than solar & wind FiTs for current and future solar & wind in D, strike price Hinkley
Fossil & nuclear have received by far more subsidies than RES Energy subsidies in Germany, 1972–2012
Solar PV +40 GW 2014
Wind Power +51 GW 2014
Nuclear ?? err, no. At present nuclear power emits 88—146 gCO2/kWh. Probably the nuclear CO2 emissions will grow from the current level to values approaching fossil fuel generation within the lifetime of new nuclear built in the scenarios of the IAEA and WNA, effectively eliminating any mitigation of global emissions by nuclear power. Emissions of GHGs other than CO2 by nuclear power are not reported, but are plausible.
Security of supply nuclear power ≠ reliable baseload supplier all nuclear power stations are subject to tripping out for safety reasons or technical faults That means that a 3.2GW nuclear power station has to be matched by 3.2GW of expensive 'spinning reserve' that can be called in at a moments notice. Dispelling the nuclear 'baseload' myth: nothing renewables can't do better! Mark Diesendorf 10th March 2016, The Ecologist
Thanks for your interest DIE ÖSTERREICHISCHE UMWELTSCHUTZORGANISATION Thanks for your interest Dr Reinhard Uhrig Anti-nuclear Campaigner & Campaigns Director GLOBAL 2000 / Friends of the Earth Austria reinhard.uhrig@global2000.at