World Courant
GENEVA
The Swiss energy provide agency Axpo is at the moment inspecting whether or not the world’s oldest nuclear energy plant in Beznau, Switzerland, can proceed to function for longer than 60 years, till 2040, the corporate introduced on Thursday.
The earlier plan envisaged that the nuclear energy plant, commissioned in 1969, could be taken off the grid in 2030.
“In an effort to additional strengthen the safety of provide, Axpo has determined to make clear the technical feasibility of working the Beznau nuclear energy plant past 60 years,” the agency stated in an announcement.
Based on the corporate, the Beznau nuclear energy plant is made up of two almost similar crops, every with a light-weight water reactor and 365 megawatts of capability.
The 2 crops are designed for 8,000 full-load hours or round 355 working days per yr. Collectively, they generate round 6,000 gigawatt hours of electrical energy annually.
The corporate stated the nuclear energy plant continues to fulfill “highest security necessities.”
Swiss Federal Nuclear Security Inspectorate confirmed in a letter in 2023 that the nuclear energy plant complies with present security requirements.
Nevertheless, the Swiss federal authorities already introduced on Might 25, 2011, that it had determined to section out nuclear energy for the long run.
Based on the federal government’s resolution, the nuclear energy crops will stay operational till they attain the tip of their service life, after which they won’t get replaced.
On Might 21, 2017, the Swiss folks accepted the federal government’s Power Technique 2050 via a referendum, with 58.2% voting in favor.
Because of this, the development of recent nuclear energy crops is prohibited, whereas renewable energies and extra environment friendly vitality use are inspired.
The attainable additional commissioning of the nuclear energy plant in Benznau is inflicting controversy in Switzerland.
“There are quite a few security deficits at Beznau,” criticizes Nils Epprecht, managing director of the Swiss Power Basis, amongst others.
Based on the vitality professional, the gasoline swimming pools, for instance, are inadequately secured, the 2 reactor strain vessels are severely weakened, and the containment is way too skinny to resist harmful forces.
“Correcting these deficits would successfully imply a brand new construct and could be far too costly,” says Epprecht.
Switzerland was additionally affected by the vitality disaster in 2022/2023, which was triggered by the warfare in Ukraine.
On account of worldwide sanctions in opposition to Russia, a big proportion of the Russian pure gasoline wanted in Europe for heating and electrical energy manufacturing is lacking.
The truth that France needed to shut down greater than half of its nuclear energy crops in 2022, partly as a result of upkeep work and partly as a result of corrosion harm, additionally exacerbated the vitality disaster.
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