Borssele nuclear power plant
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 25 '51 " N , 3 ° 43' 6" E | |
| Country: | Netherlands | |
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| Owner: | 70% Delta, 30% RWE | |
| Operator: | NV Elektriciteits-Produktiemaatschappij Zuid-Nederland (EPZ) | |
| Project start: | 1969 | |
| Commercial operation: | Oct 26, 1973 | |
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Active reactors (gross): |
1 (515 MW) | |
| Energy fed in in 2016: | 3,749.8 GWh | |
| Energy fed in since commissioning: | 145,720 GWh | |
| Was standing: | August 25, 2017 | |
| The data source of the respective entries can be found in the documentation . | ||
The Borssele nuclear power plant ( Dutch Kerncentrale Borssele , KCB ) is the last of two nuclear power plants in the Netherlands that is still commercially operated . The operator is Elektriciteits-Productiemaatschappij Zuid-Nederland (EPZ) . Since October 2011, 70 percent of the owners are the Dutch municipal energy supplier Delta and 30 percent are owned by the German energy supply group RWE . Originally Delta and Essent each had a 50 percent stake. After the takeover of Essent by RWE in 2009, however, the state's influence should remain. Essent's stake in the nuclear power plant was therefore initially not allowed to be taken over by RWE.
location
It stands on the banks of the Westerschelde in the province of Zeeland . The power plant bears the name of the neighboring village of Borssele , which belongs to the municipality of Borsele .
reactor
The pressurized water reactor was built by Kraftwerk Union . Construction of the reactor began on July 1, 1969. It became critical for the first time on June 20, 1973 . Network synchronization took place on July 4, 1973, and the reactor went into commercial operation on October 26, 1973. The reason for the construction was a supply contract between PZEM and the French group Pechiney , which had built an aluminum factory in neighboring Vlissingen in 1969 and required large amounts of energy at low prices.
The net output is 482 megawatts , the gross output 515 MW. The power plant was modernized in the 1990s.
Accidents
In November 1996 a level 2 incident ( INES ) occurred in the power plant .
Shutdown
In 1994 the Dutch government decided to close the nuclear power plant by 2004 at the latest. In 2002, however, a court ruled that the power plant could continue operations. The new government, Balkenende , overturned the closure decision in 2003 and referred to the commitments made in the Kyoto Protocol to reduce CO 2 emissions. In January 2006 it was announced that for this reason the power plant would continue to operate until 2034 .
Planning for a second block
The company Delta Energy BV initiated a procedure on June 25th, 2009, which should lead to a planning application for a second nuclear power plant block in Borssele. A so-called start note was submitted to the Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning. This initiated the licensing procedure for a new nuclear power plant block. If everything goes as planned, the building permit application should be submitted in 2012. Construction would begin a year later and the block could go into operation in 2018. The construction costs are estimated at four to five billion euros. The type of reactor is not yet known. On September 10, 2008, Delta announced that it would build a new nuclear power plant unit with an output of 1000–1600 MW. The co-owner RWE wants to participate in the new building.
In order to determine the exact location of the NPP, an environmental impact assessment is carried out beforehand (by the Dutch Minister for Economy, Agriculture and Innovation (EL&I) and the Dutch Minister for Infrastructure and Environment (IenM)). As part of this examination, a basic paper was available to which every citizen in North Rhine-Westphalia could comment by January 12, 2012.
In the Netherlands there are two potential developers who have both submitted an application to build a new nuclear power plant (KKW): Delta Energy BV (Delta) and Energy Resources Holding BV (ERH). Both applications relate to the Borssele NPP site.
In January 2012, Delta announced that construction plans were being suspended. The causes are the low energy prices, the uncertainty about the future of European emissions trading and the investment conditions made more difficult by the financial crisis, as well as general overcapacities on the electricity market. The costs for the block were put at 5 to 7 billion euros.
Third block or end of the expansion plans?
The state government of North Rhine-Westphalia announced on October 25, 2010 that a third block was also planned. Shortly afterwards, the province of Zeeland announced that it was rejecting a third NPP block. In April 2011, an investigation by the 'Arcadis' planning office became known that there was not enough space on the current site for another power plant unit.
The Fukushima nuclear disaster that began in March 2011 has also triggered new discussions in the Netherlands about energy policy and the nuclear phase- out. The lack of profitability of a new building and its expensive demolition were obviously factors in the abandonment of the new construction plans. At the beginning of 2012 it became apparent that the electricity companies RWE and EDF were withdrawing from financing a second block, which led to the suspension of the construction plans on January 24th.
More nuclear reactors in the Netherlands
Since the closure of the Dodewaard nuclear power plant ( Gelderland province ) in 1997, Borssele has been the country's last remaining commercial nuclear reactor. There are also two research reactors : one at the Petten Nuclear Research Center ( Noord-Holland ) and one at the Technical University of Delft .
Other systems on the site
The site of the nuclear power plant also includes a coal-fired power plant and the Covra ( Centrale organisatie voor radioactief afval ), an interim storage facility for spent fuel elements .
Data of the reactor block
The Borssele nuclear power plant has one block :
| Reactor block | Reactor type | net power |
gross power |
start of building | Network synchronization |
Commercialization of essential operation |
switching off processing |
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| Borssele | Pressurized water reactor | 482 MW | 515 MW | 07/01/1969 | 07/04/1973 | 10/26/1973 | (Planned for 2034) |
See also
- List of nuclear power plants in Europe
- Nuclear energy in the Netherlands
- List of power plants in the Netherlands
Web links
Footnotes
- ↑ a b Message from the Dutch government dated September 30, 2011: Publiek belang kerncentrale Borssele blijft Gegarandeerd ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.climatesceptics.org/location/europe/netherlands/borssele
- ^ Delta sets ball rolling for new Dutch plant
- ↑ a b www.umwelt.nrw.de press release dated December 2nd, 2011 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Construction of the nuclear power plant in Borssele postponed . In: Der Spiegel , January 24, 2012. Retrieved January 24, 2012.
- ↑ www.bezreg-duesseldorf.nrw.de Press release from October 25, 2010 ( Memento of the original from December 17, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.energeia.nl/preview/1200-Provincie-Zeeland-wil-tweede-kerncentrale-maar-nog-geen-derde.html ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was created automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Planning tweede kerncentrale in Nederland gaat door Nu.nl
- ↑ www.uni-muenster.de Uni Münster 'News November 2011'
- ↑ http://www.aachener-nachrichten.de/sixcms/detail.php?template=an_detail&id=1986913&_wo=Nachrichten:Topnachrichten ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Power Reactor Information System of the IAEA : "Netherlands: Nuclear Power Reactors" (English)
