EUROPEAN PRESSURISED REACTOR

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Green Group Enlarged Bureau - London
WHY TONY BLAIR IS WRONG ON NUCLEAR ENERGY
EUROPEAN PRESSURISED REACTOR OLKILUOTO III
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EUROPEAN PRESSURISED REACTOR OLKILUOTO III
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FRAMATOME - SIEMENS
1998 - 2005
EPR designers
2004
TEOLLISUUDEN VOIMA OY
COMMISSIONING OPERATION
2011 - 2012
EPR operator
DECOMMISSIONING
2062
(2100 - 2150)
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FRAMATOME - SIEMENS
TEOLLISUUDEN VOIMA OY
COMMISSIONING OPERATION
DECOMMISSIONING
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NUCLEAR ENERGY ACT
TEOLLISUUDEN VOIMA OY
RADIATION NUCLEAR SAFETY AUTHORITY
JANUARY 2004
NUCLEAR SAFETY CASE
12 MONTHS
CONSTRUCTION LICENCE
FEBRUARY 2005
COMMISSIONING OPERATION
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1 year Appraisal of Nuclear Safety Case
1 year Appraisal of Nuclear Safety Case
Limited Regulatory Resources
Limited Regulatory Resources
JANUARY 2004
Elements of Safety Case Incomplete
Promised Aircraft Crash Survivability Unavailable
Amount of Radioactivity Released Artificially Low
Nothing Available on Malevolent Acts, Sabotage,
etc
FEBRUARY 2005
Minimum Analysis on Future Decommissioning
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Limited Regulatory Resources
STUK - 95 total staff - 35 on EPR
12 months to
2 to 3 years for
AREVA 2005 Pre-Application Review
Construction Licence
(7 to 8 year Licensing Period)
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Shortfalls - Nuclear Safety Case
1 year Appraisal of Nuclear Safety Case
Limited Regulatory Resources
Elements of Safety Case Incomplete
Promised Aircraft Crash Survivability Unavailable
Amount of Radioactivity Released Artificially Low
Nothing Available on Malevolent Acts, Sabotage,
etc
Minimum Analysis on Future Decommissioning
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Elements of Safety Case Incomplete
FIRE - FLOOD - MAINTENANCE OUTAGE - EXTERNAL
HAZARD
UNRESOLVED RISK 10 TO 26
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Shortfalls - Nuclear Safety Case
1 year Appraisal of Nuclear Safety Case
Limited Regulatory Resources
Elements of Safety Case Incomplete
Promised Aircraft Crash Survivability Unavailable
Amount of Radioactivity Released Artificially Low
Nothing Available on Malevolent Acts, Sabotage,
etc
Minimum Analysis on Future Decommissioning
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Fuel Pellets
Fuel Pin
Fuel Cladding
Spent Fuel
Assembly
Amount of Radioactivity Released Artificially Low
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LONGER FUEL IN CORE
GREATER FUEL BURN-UP
present limit of 45MWeday/Ukg increased to
65MWeday/Ukg
GREATER RADIOTOXICITY
LARGER THE RADIOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES
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RADIOTOXICITY OF NUCLEAR FUEL
Uranium-233
Neptunium-237
Caesium-137
Iodine-129
Radium-226
Cerium-144
Iodine-131
Plutonium-240
Lead-210
Plutonium-238
Strontium-90
Polonium-210
Americium-241
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x 70 increase in impact
60MWeday/Ukg
45MWeday/Ukg
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1) Setting a FIXED Fuel Degrade means that an
INCREASED burn-up has GREATER consequences
2) Limiting the Cs-137 release to 100TBq is
unrealistic
at 0.033 Release Fraction at 60MWd/Ukg
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16 August 2005 - Airborne Plume - 12 hour Release
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16 August 2005 - Fall-Out Ground Deposition - 12
hour Release
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Shortfalls - Nuclear Safety Case
1 year Appraisal of Nuclear Safety Case
Limited Regulatory Resources
Elements of Safety Case Incomplete
Promised Aircraft Crash Survivability Unavailable
Amount of Radioactivity Released Artificially Low
Nothing Available on Malevolent Acts, Sabotage,
etc
Minimum Analysis on Future Decommissioning
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DECOMMISSIONING
SECURITY TERRORIST THREAT
STUK PSARIR FEBRUARY 2005
Just one passing mention
1,000 plus pages 60 references
JUST 2 PAGES
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Consulting Engineers
EUROPEAN PRESSURISED REACTOR OLKILUOTO III
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