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Life Cycle Environmental Impact Assessment of Nuclear Power

Life Cycle Environmental Impact Assessment of Nuclear Power. Saadia Ansari 2 nd Year PhD School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, University of Manchester. UNTF April 2010. Adisa Azapagic, Victor Kouloumpis. SPRIng Project.

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Life Cycle Environmental Impact Assessment of Nuclear Power

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  1. Life Cycle Environmental Impact Assessment of Nuclear Power Saadia Ansari 2nd Year PhD School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, University of Manchester UNTF April 2010 Adisa Azapagic, Victor Kouloumpis

  2. SPRIng Project • Sustainability Assessment of Nuclear Power: An Integrated Approach (SPRIng) • A multi-criteria decision-support methodology for sustainability assessment of energy options; •  Sustainability assessments of the nuclear option within an energy mix scenarios; and •  Engagement with and communication of the results of research to relevant stakeholders.

  3. Project Overview • Assess the life cycle environmental impacts of potential future electricity mix scenarios • Incorporate new technologies • Specific focus on the role of nuclear power • Identify the electricity mix scenarios that meet targets

  4. Life Cycle Assessment

  5. Life cycle Assessment • Holistic overview of environmental impacts at all stages of a product / technology life cycle • Environmental impact categories: • Acidification • Eutrophication • Global warming potential • Ozone layer depletion…

  6. Nuclear Life Cycle

  7. Modelling

  8. Modelling

  9. Modelling

  10. Modelling

  11. Nuclear life cycle Environmental Impacts

  12. Nuclear life cycle Environmental Impacts

  13. Nuclear life cycle Environmental Impacts

  14. UK Electricity mix Environmental Impacts

  15. UK Electricity mix Environmental Impacts

  16. UK Electricity mix Environmental Impacts

  17. In summary… • Examined the life cycle environmental impacts of all technologies within the current UK electricity mix • Fossil fuels are the main contributors to most impact categories • Nuclear has a minor contribution to most impacts • Issues • Reliability of existing data / assumptions within data • Relevance to the UK • Availability of data for future technologies

  18. Next steps… • Access reliable life cycle data • Use of primary data from industry • Model the impacts of future technologies / electricity mix scenarios as defined by SPRIng • Next generation reactors • CHP • CSP

  19. Thank you Any questions???

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