http://www.eea.europa.eu These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 13. http://www.eea.europa.eu/pressroom/newsreleases/the-cost-of-ignoring-the?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic New technologies have sometimes had very harmful effects, but in many cases the early warning signs have been suppressed or ignored. The second volume of Late Lessons from Early Warnings investigates specific cases where danger signals have gone unheeded, in some cases leading to deaths, illness and environmental destruction. No publisher girliar early warning endocrine disruption cancer climate change invasive alien species chemicals health mobile phone nuclear 2013-01-23T00:05:00+01:00 Press Release http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/indicators/nuclear-energy-and-waste-production/nuclear-energy-and-waste-production-3?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic 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%. No publisher pastocin assessment11 ENER13 electricity nuclear energy heavy metals ENER2011 heavy metal ENER013 fuel ENER nuclear plant 2012-04-30T14:00:02+02:00 Indicator Assessment http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/numbers-of-nuclear-fuel-cycle-2?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic 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 No publisher skovvann EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (http://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA). fuel nuclear energy 2012-03-27T11:05:00+02:00 EEAFigure http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/cost-structure-of-nuclear-power-projects-2?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic Cost structure of nuclear power projects No publisher skovvann EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (http://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA). nuclear energy 2012-03-27T10:03:51+01:00 EEAFigure http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/stored-total-amount-of-high-2?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic The figure shows the amount of high level nuclear waste continues to accumulate. No publisher skovvann EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (http://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA). nuclear energy heavy metal 2012-03-27T10:03:28+01:00 EEAFigure http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/eu-electricity-production-from-nuclear-3?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic EU Electricity production from nuclear (percentages relative to 1990 level). Spent fuels arisings: Data for Bulgaria is not included due to a lack of information. No 2008 and 2009 data available for Lithuania, Romania, Slovenia and Sweden, so 2007 data rolled. Lithuania closed its last nuclear reactor at the end of 2009. No publisher skovvann EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (http://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA). electricity nuclear energy 2012-03-27T11:03:37+02:00 EEAFigure http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/indicators/nuclear-energy-and-waste-production/nuclear-energy-and-waste-production-2?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic 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 No publisher pastocin Assessment09 assessment11 ENER13 electricity nuclear energy heavy metals ENER2011 heavy metal ENER013 fuel ENER ENER2009 nuclear plant 2011-08-02T13:06:09+02:00 Indicator Assessment http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/cost-structure-of-nuclear-power-projects-1?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic Cost structure of nuclear power projects No publisher skovvann EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (http://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA). Assessment09 ENER ENER13 nuclear energy ENER2009 2011-07-29T16:22:16+02:00 EEAFigure http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/numbers-of-nuclear-fuel-cycle-1?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic 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 No publisher skovvann EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (http://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA). assessment11 ENER13 nuclear energy ENER2011 ENER013 fuel ENER 2011-07-29T15:46:21+02:00 EEAFigure http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/eu-electricity-production-from-nuclear-2?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic 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% No publisher skovvann EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (http://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA). assessment11 ENER13 electricity nuclear energy ENER2011 ENER013 ENER 2011-07-29T15:23:29+02:00 EEAFigure http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/indicators/nuclear-energy-and-waste-production/nuclear-energy-and-waste-production-1?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic 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. No publisher pastocin Assessment09 ENER ENER13 electricity nuclear energy ENER2009 fuel ENER013 heavy metal nuclear plant 2010-09-14T15:08:37+02:00 Indicator Assessment http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/cost-aspects-of-nuclear-power?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic No publisher alec Access is managed by the owner mentioned below. Please contact the owner for more information about their data policy. energy ENER nuclear ENER2009 ENER13 2009-08-05T01:00:00+01:00 EEAFigure http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/annual-quantities-of-spent-nuclear-fuel-arising-from-nuclear-power-plants-in-the-eu-tonnes-of-heavy-metal?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic No information has been included for Bulgaria due to a lack of data. No publisher alec EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (http://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA). energy2008 environment energy nuclear 2009-01-15T11:43:53+02:00 EEAFigure