Nuclear Energy

Question 1

Conseuqence of Russia and Ukraine war on energy

Answer 1

Sever global energy crises since 1970s

Question 2

What were the EU proposals approved in the GND?

Answer 2

Secure/affordable energy supply, integrated interconnected and digitalized energy market, and improvement of energy performance of buildings and development of a power sector based on RES

Question 3

What is the EU Taxonomy on NE and gas?

Answer 3

Recognised as sustainable and bases for direct investments.

Question 4

How does EU define greenwashing?

Answer 4

Practice of gainging an unfair competitive advantage by marketing a financial poduct as environmentally friendly

Question 5

How does the Brundtland Report define Sustainable Development?

Answer 5

Development meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs

Question 6

How does current social systems assume economic-wellbeing?

Answer 6

Economic welfare assumed to be identical with well-being

Question 7

How does IPCC rank NE?

Answer 7

Third behind offshore and onshore wind in terms of GHG life-cycle emissions per unit of final energy delivered

Question 8

What is often neglected with NE estimates?

Answer 8

Life cycle environemtnal impacts

Question 9

What is most discussed with NE?

Answer 9

Recyclability of nuclear fuels

Question 10

Current stage of NE recyclability?

Answer 10

Geneartion III/III+ with growing stocks of radioactive waste, with low waste and recyclability of fissule isotopes

Question 11

What does the IEA associate increasing NE costs with?

Answer 11

Lower prices of natural gas/coal, growing support/investments for renewables, capital investment in to large-scale NE…

Question 12

How have clean energy LCE prices changed?

Answer 12

Solar dropped by 90, wind by 70, nuclear increased by 33.

Question 13

Levelised Cost of Energy

Answer 13

Lifetime costs divided by energy production

Question 14

How much does NE change cost of energy?

Answer 14

New GW plant for 4.5 billion USD increase COE by 5 USD/MWh for each percentage point growth in cost of capital

Question 15

What does the Lazard Support say of LCOE?

Answer 15

From 131 to 204 USD/MWh including with US Federal Tax Subsidies, Fuel Prices, Carbon Pricing and Costs of Capital. whilst wind was 26-83 USD/MWh

Question 16

NE relationship to capital investments

Answer 16

60% of 53 nuclear reactors under construction in 2021 are delayed, some taking 35 years to construct, with 12% of the 783 projects in 1970-21 abandoned.

Question 17

What is the range of costs for nuclear accidents?

Answer 17

14-8302 billion euros

Question 18

What should be considered in calculating NE cost in terms of LCOE?

Answer 18

Loss of capital invested in abandoned projects

Question 19

What is an example of abandonment of nuclear projects?

Answer 19

France Superphenix closure cost 10 billion UER shut down after years of low-level operation

Question 20

What is the major investment drawdown of NE?

Answer 20

High level of investment failures and costly effects of accidents/catastrophes: the fiftheen largest nuclear accidents since 1960 close to 500 billion USD

Question 21

What is an example of massive expenditure failing to build nuclear?

Answer 21

South Carolina nuclear buisness project 9 billion to ‘dig a hole in the ground then fill it back in’, with final costs of 25 billion USD, double its initial expectations