Borssele Nuclear Power Station
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The nuclear power plant Borssele (Dutch core Centrale Borssele, KCB ) is the last commercially operated two nuclear power plants in the Netherlands. Operator is Elektriciteits - Productiemaatschappij Zuid- Nederland ( EPZ ). Owners shall be 70 percent of the municipal Dutch utility Delta and 30 percent of German energy group RWE since October 2011. Originally Delta and Essent held shares of 50 percent. Following the acquisition of Essent by RWE in 2009, but should state influence are maintained. The proportion of Essent at the nuclear power plant was therefore entitled to first not be taken over by RWE.
Location
It stands on the banks of the Westerschelde in the province of Zeeland. The plant is named after the neighboring village Borssele (with two s ), which belongs to the municipality Borsele ( with an s ).
Reactor
The pressurized water reactor was built by Siemens - KWU. Construction of the reactor was on 1 July 1969. He was born on June 20, 1973 for the first time critical. On July 4, 1973, the network synchronization took place, and on October 26, 1973, the reactor went into commercial operation. He decided to build was a supply contract with the French company Pechiney pZEM who had built in 1969 in the neighboring Vlissingen an aluminum factory and large amounts of energy required at low prices.
The net capacity is 482 megawatts gross capacity 515 MW. In the 1990s, the plant was modernized.
Incidents
In November of 1996, the power plant to an accident of the level 2 (INES ).
Closure
In 1994, the Dutch government to close the nuclear power plant by 2004. However, in 2002 a court ruled that the power plant could continue to operate. The new Balkenende government lifted the closure decision in 2003 and referred to the commitments in the Kyoto Protocol commitments to reduce CO2 emissions. In January 2006 it was announced that the power plant for this reason will continue to be operated until 2034.
Plans for a second block
The company Delta Energy BV initiated on June 25, 2009, a process which should lead to a planning application for a second nuclear power plant unit in Borssele. The Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning, a so-called start Note has been submitted. Thus, the approval process for a new nuclear power plant unit was initiated. Should everything go as planned, the construction license application to be submitted in 2012. One year later, the construction would begin and the block could go into operation in 2018. The construction costs are estimated at four to five billion euros. The reactor type is not yet known. On 10 September 2008, announced by the Delta that she wanted to build a new nuclear power plant unit with a capacity of 1000-1600 MW. The co-owner, RWE intends to participate in the new building.
To determine the exact location of the NPP, in the run-up to an environmental impact assessment is carried out ( by the Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation (EL & I) and the Dutch Minister of Infrastructure and the Environment ( IenM ) ). As part of this examination is made of a base paper to which every citizen in North Rhine -Westphalia can take position 2012 to 12 January.
In the Netherlands, there are two potential project sponsors who have provided both an application for the construction of a new nuclear power plant ( NPP ): Delta Energy BV (Delta) and Energy Resources Holding BV ( ECA). Both applications relate to the NPP site Borssele.
In January 2012, Delta announced that would be exposed to the blueprints. Were the cause of low energy prices, uncertainty about the future of the European emissions trading and the more difficult by the financial crisis, investment conditions, and in general overcapacity in the electricity market. The cost of the block have been estimated at 5-7 billion euros.
Third block or the end of the expansion plans?
The NRW State Government announced on 25 October 2010, that a third block was planned. Shortly thereafter, the province of Zeeland announced that it has rejected a third NPP unit. In April 2011, a study of the planning agencies ' Arcadis ' known that was on the present site is not enough room for another power block.
The Fukushima nuclear disaster in March 2011 triggered new discussions on energy policy or a nuclear phase-out in the Netherlands. However, the lack of profitability of a new building and its more expensive dismantling seem to be crucial for the abandonment of the construction plans. Thus, in early 2012 drew from the retreat of the power companies RWE and EDF for financing for a second block, which led to the suspension of the construction plans on 24 January.
More nuclear reactors in the Netherlands
Since the closure of the nuclear power plant Dodewaard ( province of Gelderland) 1997 Borssele the last remaining commercial nuclear reactor in the country. Two more reactors, one each at the Nuclear Research Centre Petten in North Holland and at the Technical University of Delft, are research reactors.
Other facilities on the premises
To the site of the nuclear power plant also includes a coal power plant and an interim storage facility for spent fuel ( Centrale voor organisatie radioactief afval, Covra ).
Covra
Container in Covra
Data of the reactor units
The nuclear power plant Borssele has a block:
Shipments of nuclear waste
On February 19, 2014, a nuclear waste transport of Borssele reprocessing plant La Hague launched at La Hague (France). By 2016, held nine more such shipments.