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“Little old South Africa is kicking our butt with its development of the PBMR. This should be a wake up call for the US.” Syd Ball, Snr Researcher, Oak Ridge Laboratory, 11 June 2004. Agenda. World Nuclear Industry Relative Radiation Exposure Relative Environmental Impact PBMR Plant Design - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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““Little old South Africa is kicking our butt Little old South Africa is kicking our butt with its development of the PBMR. This with its development of the PBMR. This
should be a wake up call for the US.”should be a wake up call for the US.”
Syd Ball, Snr Researcher, Oak Ridge Laboratory, 11 June 2004Syd Ball, Snr Researcher, Oak Ridge Laboratory, 11 June 2004
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Agenda
• World Nuclear Industry
• Relative Radiation Exposure
• Relative Environmental Impact
• PBMR Plant Design
• Why PBMR in RSA?
• Market Outside RSA
• World Comments on PBMR
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World Nuclear Industry
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Current Status
• Resurgence in Europe and USA– New orders in Finland & France– Bulgarian gov’t approval for 2 new reactors (May 05)– UK policy moving towards a 10+ reactor build programme– USA consortium selecting two sites to apply for construction licenses
• Continuing Construction including – Japan 3 reactors under construction– India 9 reactors under construction– Russia 4 reactors under construction
• Major Build Programme in China – 5 fold increase from 9 current operating reactors to 40+ by 2020
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Chinese Potential?
• Added 50GW in 2004• Plan to add 60+GW in 2005• Plan to add 36GW of PWR in next 15 years• Plan to construct 1 + 18 HTR-PM
(PBMR type design)
• China ordered two more reactors on 18 May 2005China ordered two more reactors on 18 May 2005
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Countries currently expressing intention to build new nuclear power programmes include….
Africa Asia Americas Europe
Egypt
Libya
Tunisia
Nigeria
Morocco
Vietnam
Thailand
Indonesia
Chile
Mexico*
Uruguay
Brazil*
Bulgaria*
Poland
Turkey
* In addition to existing nuclear plants
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Relative Radiation Levels
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Radiation SourcesRadiation Sources
UN Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation,Effects and Risks of Ionising Radiation, UN, New York, 1993
Radon48.400%
Nuclear Power0.006%
Earth17.100%
Cosmic14.500%
Internal8.600%
Medical11.200%
Other0.194%
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Background Radiation LevelsFigure adapted from Health Research Foundation, Kyoto, Japan
with permission
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UK Radon Distribution
UK NRPB
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Relative Radiation Exposure
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Design Basis Hypothetical Max Pop.Accident
Max WorkerDose
Max Pop.Annual
WorldAverage
Cornwall Ramsar, Iran
mS
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Normal Annual Background
AnnualWorkerAccident
Release
"Hypothetical"AccidentRelease
(No Building or Structures)
400m from ReactorNational NuclearRegulator Limits
PublicAccident
AnnualPublic
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Relative Environmental Impact
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External Cost Ranges(excluding Global Warming impact)
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Coal Gas Nuclear Wind Hydro
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ExternE Study - EU - 2001
World Range of Generation costs (excluding External Costs)
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CO2 Emissions per kWh(full life-cycle)
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Coal Gas (CCGT) Solar Wind Nuclear Hydroelectric
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Japan's Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry
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Short Term Fatalities(1970-1992)
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Hydro Coal(*) Gas Nuclear
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BALL D.S. et al. An Analysis of Electricity Generators Health Risks, Res. Rep. No. 20, WHO, Norwich (1994)HIRSCHBERG S., et al., Severe Accidents in the Energy Sector, Paul Scherer Institute, Villigen (1996)
(*would be 10x higher if accidents with less than 5 deaths included)
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PBMR Plant Design
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Plant Fundamentals• High Temperature Helium Cooled Reactor• Coated Particle Fuel• Spherical Fuel Elements (as per German reactors)• Direct Cycle Gas Turbine• No “safety systems”
– fuel integrity maintained under most severe possible accident (full control rod removal from 100% power followed by pipe rupture and loss of all cooling).
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Fuel Element Design for PBMR
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Main Power SystemReactor Unit
Recuperators
Compressors
Turbine
Generator
Contaminated Oil Lube System
Un-contaminated Oil Lube System
Shut-off DiskCBCS & Buffer Circuit
CCS & Buffer Circuit
Inter-cooler
Pre-cooler
Reactor Unit
Recuperators
Compressors
Turbine
Generator
Contaminated Oil Lube System
Un-contaminated Oil Lube System
Shut-off DiskCBCS & Buffer Circuit
CCS & Buffer Circuit
Inter-cooler
Pre-cooler
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PBMR DP3 LAYOUT
PBMR Demo Site
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Why PBMR in RSA?
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Pretoria
Johannesburg
Bloemfontein
Cape Town
East London
Port Elizabeth
Durban
Maputo
MOZAMBIQUE
LESOTHO
NAMIBIA
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BOTSWANA
ESKOM POWER STATIONS 500MW+
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1500km
Koeberg PS
Coastal demand is 34% of total demand but coastal generation
is only 6% of total capacity.
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The PBMR’s 10 Unique Features
It is inherently safe It is small It is modular It can be built almost anywhere It is cost competitive It is environmentally friendly (no CO2) It generates very little waste It has a short construction lead-time It has fast load-following characteristics It is a South African project with global impact
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PBMR Vision
To be the preferred global provider of standardised nuclear energy systems, fuel and life-cycle support
To successfully build and commission a pilot fuel and a demonstration nuclear reactor by 2011.
To develop the business through the selling, building and commissioning of commercial nuclear power plants and
fuel plants internationally
PBMR Mission
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PBMR Values
PERFORMANCE BE A TEAM EMPOWERMENTRESPECT & INTEGRITY
Pride in what we do and how we do it
Doing things right & doing the right things the “PBMR Way”
PBMR people and technology
A delivery mindset
Being and working as a team
The team is more than the individual
Cooperation, synergy, loyalty and commitment
Integer: a whole unit; Integrate: join to the whole; Integral: forming part of the whole – honesty; sincerity; consistency; soundness; challenging; inherent strength; respect for others, for safety and for the environment
Developing others
Providing each other with the means and information we need
Identifying weaknesses and opportunities and teaching ourselves and others to fill needs
Promoting employment equity
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• Successfully commission a demonstration plant
• Successfully commission a fuel manufacturing plant & manufacture qualified pebble fuel
• Create a professional company infrastructure and workforce
• Establish secure supply-chain
• Obtain US design certification
• Achieve sales plan (as per Information Memorandum)
• Develop a formidable international image supported by successful project delivery
• Facilitate national capacity skills development and local manufacturing
• Identify, develop and maintain our competitive lead
PBMR Company Goals
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Key Strategies
• Standardisation
• Small Size
• Simple Systems
• Internationalise
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Schedule• 2004 Helium Test Facility Construction Start• 2005 SAR Submitted to Eskom• 2006 Long Lead Orders• 2006 Pre-production fuel into test• 2007 Start Plant Erection On site• 2009 Physical Completion of Demo• 2010 Load Fuel & Startup• 2010 Long Lead Orders for Commercial Plants• 2011 Hand Over to Eskom of Demo• 2013 Hand Over of first Commercial PBMR
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Market Outside RSA
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World Electricity Generation
• Doubled in 20 years or over 3% per year average• Equates to some 600 PBMRs per year
World Consumption
6,000 TWh
7,000 TWh
8,000 TWh
9,000 TWh
10,000 TWh
11,000 TWh
12,000 TWh
13,000 TWh
14,000 TWh
15,000 TWh
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16% Nuclear
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Global Nuclear Cumulative Growth
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As at May 2004
15 years
~1500 PBMRs
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Socio-Economic Impact of 100 PBMRs(Conningarth Economists, 2004 prices)
• Impact on GDP– Demo Reactor R1.5bn (ave. over 5 years)– Commercial Reactors R7.9bn (ave. over 20 years)
• Impact on Employment (Direct & Indirect)– Demo Reactor 14,610 (ave. over 5 years)– Commercial Reactors 56,696 (ave. over 20 years)
• Impact on Gov’t Revenue– Demo Reactor R1.9bn (total over 5 years)– Commercial Reactors R38.6bn (total over 20 years)
• Net Positive Impact on Balance of Payments– Demo Reactor R2.3bn (total over 5 years)– Commercial Reactors R23.9bn (total over 20 years)
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Quotes on nuclear I“Little old South Africa is kicking our butt with its development of the PBMR. This should be a wake up call for the US.” Syd Ball, Snr Researcher Oak Ridge Laboratory, 11 June 2004
“The long term future of reactors belongs to very high temperature reactors such as the PBMR.” Nials Diaz, Chairman of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission July 2004
“I think we made a mistake in halting the HTR programme.” Klaus Topfer, Germany’s former Minister of Nuclear Power and Environment. Davos, January 2003
“The PBMR technology could revolutionise how atomic energy is generated over the next several decades. It is one of the near-term technologies that could change the energy market.” Prof. Andrew Kadak, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Jan. 2002
“It will be impossible for the EU to deliver its commitments under the Kyoto Protocol without further investment in nuclear power.” EU Energy Commissioner Loyola de Palacio 29 Sept 2003
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Quotes on nuclear II“We have no time to experiment with visionary energy sources; civilization is in imminent danger and has to use nuclear, the one safe, available energy source, now, or suffer the pain soon to be inflicted by our outraged planet." James Lovelock, creator of the Gaia hypothesis, Independent 24 May 2004.
"Areva is interested in assisting in the production of a prototype reactor and is negotiating an investment in South Africa's pebble bed modular reactor." -- France's Foreign Trade Minister, Francois Loos, in the Sunday Times Business Times, 22 May 2005
"The generation IV pebble-bed reactors being developed in China and South Africa get attention for their meltdown-proof designs. But it's their low capital cost and potential for fast, modular construction that could blow the game open, as surely as the PC did for computing. At $300 million a pop for safe, clean energy, watch the floodgates open around the world." -- Wired Magazine, Feb 2005
"More than 100 wind turbines are needed to replace a single pebble bed modular reactor. Other 'soft energy' sources have similar problems. They cannot replace the clean, safe, abundant, inexpensive power at South Africa's fingertips". -- Rod Adams, editor, Atomic Insights, US.
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Final Thought
France added over 25,000MW of new nuclear France added over 25,000MW of new nuclear plant within 10 years of deciding to “go plant within 10 years of deciding to “go
nuclear” (1974-1984)nuclear” (1974-1984)
(Eskom current total capacity is ~36,000MW)(Eskom current total capacity is ~36,000MW)