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EU Electricity production from nuclear (percentages relative to 1990 level)
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EU Electricity production from nuclear (percentages relative to 1990 level)
Since 1990, the amount of arising spent fuel remained stable while, at the same time, the amount of electricity generated from nuclear power increased by 38.4%
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EN13 Nuclear Waste Production
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Nuclear energy and waste production (ENER 013) - Assessment published Sep 2010
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The amount of high
level nuclear waste from nuclear electricity production continues to
accumulate. In 2007, 34,216 tonnes of heavy metals contained in high level nuclear
waste was in storage, up 13.2% since 2005. The annual quantity of spent fuel
was approximately 3,461 tonnes of heavy metals in 2007, relatively stable since
1990. On the other hand, the electricity produced from nuclear power increased
by 17.7% over the same period. This partial decoupling between electricity
production and generation of radioactive waste can be explained by the fact
that fuel rods are replaced gradually as well as by recent improvements in fuel
burnup, plant efficiency and increased plant availability.
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Stored total amount of high level waste (in tonnes heavy metals)
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The figure shows the amount of high level nuclear waste continues to accumulate. In 2008, 44,102 tonnes of heavy metals contained in nuclear waste was in storage, up 34.1 % since 2006
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Historic series in spent fuel arising (tonnes heavy metals)
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The figure shows the historical series of arising spent fuel . Arising amounts of spent fuel depend primarily on the amount of power produced, but also to a large extent on the type of reactor, level of fuel enrichment, fuel burnup and power plant net electric efficiency.
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Availability improvements in nuclear power plants in Europe
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Since very few new nuclear power plants have come online since 1990 and several plants in UK, Lithuania, Germany, Sweden, Slovakia and Bulgaria have been shut down (WNA, 2009), these trends illustrate increased plant availability in the past decades (see Figure 4 below) and increases in net plant electric efficiency from app. 32% to app. 35% (WNA, 2003).
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Numbers of Nuclear Fuel Cycle Facilities operational in 2010
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Reprocessing is an important part of the fuel cycle within the European nuclear fuel industry, as illustrated by the share of European reprocessing facilities to the global total number of facilities. Europe imports most of the uranium consumed by its nuclear power plants as ore, having very little mining production in the region itself
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Nuclear energy and waste production (ENER 013) - Assessment published Apr 2012
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The amount of high level nuclear waste from nuclear electricity production continues to accumulate. In 2009, 34,824 tonnes of heavy metals contained in high level nuclear waste was in storage, up 4.7% since 2008. The annual quantity of spent fuel was approximately 1,828 tonnes of heavy metals in 2009. However, there is a decreasing trend in the annual quantity of spent fuel arisings since 1990. On the other hand, the amount of electricity produced from nuclear power has increased by 12.5% over the period 1990 to 2009 (see ENER27). This decoupling between electricity production and generation of radioactive waste can be explained by the fact that fuel rods are replaced gradually as well as by improvements in fuel burnup and plant efficiency [1] .
[1] Energy efficiency is calculated using an efficiney coefficient of 33% for all reactors (the efficiency of a particular reactor type – CANDU) since all reactors types are slightly different. However overtime there is a trend towards more efficient reactors in Europe, such as those with breeder reactors/fuel enrichment. However, once a reactor is built, the efficiency assumed is fixed at 33%.
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Nuclear energy and waste production (ENER 013) - Assessment DRAFT created Aug 2011
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The amount of high level nuclear waste from nuclear electricity
production continues to accumulate. In 2008, 44,102 tonnes of heavy metals
contained in high level nuclear waste was in storage, up 34.1% since 2006. The
annual quantity of spent fuel was approximately 2,328 [1]
tonnes of heavy metals in 2008, relatively stable since 1990. On the other
hand, the amount of electricity produced from nuclear power increased by 38.4%
over the same period reference to the relative ENER indicator. This partial
decoupling between electricity production and generation of radioactive waste
can be explained by the fact that fuel rods are replaced gradually as well as
by recent improvements in fuel burnup, plant efficiency and increased plant
availability
[1] Estimates are provisional and are based on NEA (2009) - Nuclear Energy Data
2009
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