SPANISH NUCLEAR INDUSTRY
Antonio Cornadó Quibus President Spanish Nuclear Industry Forum
WHAT IS SPANISH NUCLEAR IDUSTRY FORUM?
An association of companies that support activities related to nuclear energy:
100% NPP
85% main national companies of sector More than 50 companies associated About 30,000 direct and indirect jobs
Tasks:
Influence Facilitate
Goals:
To achieve the long-term operation of Spanish nuclear power plants
NUCLEAR
20,5%
electricity
production
The gross production for electrical energy closed the year at
279,768 GWh, 4.6% lower than that of 2013
The Spanish energy mix is diversified and balanced
Nuclear energy and wind energy supply 40% of electricity
generation
Today nuclear energy is irreplaceable in Spain
GROSS PRODUCTION IN SPAIN (2014)
20, 48% 16, 61% 12, 81% 9, 22% 2, 38% 18, 61% 2, 98% 2, 58% 1, 93% 1, 92% 10, 47% 7, 27% 10, 62% 16, 45% 25, 16% 3, 23% 21, 28% 4, 32% 1, 95% 2, 13% 0, 94% 6, 65% 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30%AVERAGE OPERATION TIME (HOURS) PER
TECHNOLOGY IN SPAIN (2014)
7745 4048 2016 948 1905 2262 1787 3425 2343 5287 4071 0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 8000 90007
SUSTAINABILITY OF THE SPANISH ELECTRIC SYSTEM
Basic guidelines promoted by the European Union Security and quality of supply
Competitiveness
Environmental Sustainability
Diversified production mix
Security and quality of supply Competitiveness Environmental
Sustainability
Nuclear energy meets these three requirements
LONG-TERM OPERATION OF
SPANISH NUCLEAR POWER
LONG-TERM OPERATION OF SPANISH NUCLEAR
POWER PLANTS
Independence and diversification of energy supply
Stable and continuous electricity in the system
It helps reduce emissions GEI's Helps maintain the technological capacity/knowledge
Social and economic impact: jobs and economic activity Beneficts L/T Operation
8 reactors in 6 different sites
7,864.7 MWe installed power capacity: 7.3% of total
57,304.23 GWh produced in 2014: 20.5% of total
Currently avoids the emission of between 30 and 40 million tons of CO2 Save the import of 100 millions barrels of oil per year
It generates 35% of emission-free electricity Operation indicator over 85%:
Load factor: 88.41%
Operating factor: 89.79%
2 reactors undergoing dismantling
Manufactures nuclear fuel assemblies
Storage of radioactive waste of very low, low and medium level
Under construction: The Centralized Temporary Storage (ATC)
LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY OF THE SPANISH
NUCLEAR POWER FACILITIES
It is an open and dynamic industry in a growing international market sector It is competitive, consolidated and experienced
It is present in the whole the value chain, from fuel fabrication to
decommissioning and the management and disposal of radioactive waste There is an appropriate mix of private and public initiative that ensures
balance and accountability in all aspects of their activity
The entire nuclear industry is technologically versatile as its experience in the Spanish nuclear power plants has made is familiar with these
technologies
Technically highly skilled, solid, prestigious, independent, and highly experienced in monitoring safety and radiation protection of all nuclear
and radioactive facilities regulator
Present in over 40 countries on 4 continents
Between 60% and 80% of its activity is for export
Between 40% and 60% of its employees are university graduates Participates in international research and development projects:
Advanced nuclear power plants
Nuclear fusion (ITER) and
Programs based on high energy physics
INTERNATIONALISATION OF
SPANISH NUCLEAR INDUSTRY
COUNTRIES OF PRIORITY INTEREST
EUROPE
Nordic countries
(Sweden and Finland)
Eastern Europe
(Bulgaria, Slovakia, Slovenia, Lithuania, Czech Republic and Romania)
France
(Mainly ITER project)
United Kingdom
AFRICA
South Africa
AMERICA
United States of America
Brazil Mexico Argentina
ASIA
China India JapanCAPACITIES OF SPANISH NUCLEAR INDUSTRY
Utilities Nuclear Systems Suppliers Nuclear Power Plants Engineering and Services Waste ManagementENUSA, Industrias Avanzadas company is responsible for
the supply of uranium and its processing to final processing of the fuel assembly
A highly qualified team that centers its activities upon the
first stage of the nuclear fuel cycle
From the start of its operation in 1985, they have
manufactured and provided over 20,000 fuel assemblies
Exports over 65% of its production
Have the technological capacity and expertise to the
production of key equipment, turbine generator, valves, cranes, pipes, boilers and equipment for the handling and storage of fuel, both dry and in pools
Provide equipment to nuclear power plants from Spain, United Kingdom, Korea, South Africa, Taiwan, Japan, China, etc.
Spanish companies manufactured over 100 steam
generators for nuclear power plants around the world Export more than 80% of its production to countries on
five continents
Wide national and international experience
Develope large electric generation projects in more than
40 countries
Provide services to all types of reactors during construction, operation and site maintenance
They are leaders in building control rooms and training of
nuclear operators
Develope the engineering and design activities to the
International Fusion Project (ITER)
Export 60% of its anual production, and some companies even 100%
The public company ENRESA is responsible for the
collection, transport, treatment, storage and control of radioactive waste
The very low, low and medium activity waste are storaged in El Cabril Center (Córdoba)
The used fuel is storaged in the plant pools or in dry
storage until the construction of the Centralized
Temporary Storage (ATC, its acronym in Spanish) in
Villar de Cañas (Cuenca) that will be an important economic and employment engine for the area
CONCLUSIONS
The Spanish nuclear sector is able to develop its activity in the whole cycle of nuclear value chain: experience and technological versatility are its distinct elements.
The Spanish nuclear industry has recognized capacity and experience at international level to compete in a global market
The Spanish nuclear sector is consolidated and prestigious, generating
wealth and employment: