1 / 19

Milestones in Nuclear Power

Milestones in Nuclear Power. TWh. International Nuclear Event Scale 7 – Major accident 6 – Serious accident 5 – Accident with wider consequences 4 – Accident with local consequences 3 – Serious incident 2 – Incident 1 – Anomaly

alina
Download Presentation

Milestones in Nuclear Power

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Milestones in Nuclear Power TWh International Nuclear Event Scale 7 – Major accident 6 – Serious accident 5 – Accident with wider consequences 4 – Accident with local consequences 3 – Serious incident 2 – Incident 1 – Anomaly 0 – Deviation (no safety significance) WANO established 1989 Fukushima, Japan2011, Level 7 Chernobyl, Ukraine, 1986, Level 7 INPO established 1979 Three Mile Island, US, 1979, Level 5 IAEA established 1957 Windscale, UK, 1957, Level 5 Source: Generation data from the BP Statistical Review 2010Notes: IAEA, International Atomic Energy Agency; INPO, Institute of Nuclear Power Operations; WANO, World Association of Nuclear Operators

  2. Fukushima Daiichi Before the Earthquake and Tsunami

  3. TEPCO Staff responding to the event

  4. Nuclear around the world before Fukushima Source: Westinghouse, 2010

  5. Local event, global impact Safetyreview plants Reviewsafety standards Temporary closures Moratoria Country France Germany UK Sweden Russia Switzerland Spain USA Canada Japan USA Canada Japan China South Korea India

  6. ELECTRICITY IS IMPORTANT TO QUALITY OF LIFEMore People, Living Better, Living Longer 8 Source: developed from The World Bank, 2010b

  7. Electricity Makes the Difference: Korea South Korean preschool children average 3 inches taller and 7 pounds heavier than North Korean Children The Infant Mortality Rate in North Korea is 12 times higher than South Korea South Korea ranks 32nd in GDP/capita. North Korea ranks 156th 9 9

  8. India’s need for electricity

  9. Asia’s electricity demand

  10. The Scale of the Challenge by 2050

  11. One year of PRB coal equals 6.1 TCF of gas –more than the gas production of two Gulfs of Mexico

  12. Ohio and its Neighbors haveCoal Reserves Surpassing Foreign Oil Reserves

More Related