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Public Awareness e-NewsletterKudankulam Nuclear Power Project

March 2019 Issue – 81

Dear Readers,

The PA exhibition organised at Indian Institute of SpaceScience and Technology, (IIST), Thiruvananthapuram inMarch 2019 during CONSCIENTIA 2019 was encouragingand the interaction with students was fruitful andemboldening. Read on, happily.

Source: en.wikipedia.org

-Chairm an, PA Com m it tee

Scientific classification

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Aves

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Pittidae

Genus: Pitta

Species: P. brachyura

Binomial name:Pitta brachyura

In this issue:

Public voiceTechnical session

Nuclear Database

Nuclear NewsNuclear Slogan

PA activity during the month

Feature article

Nuclear Trivia

Lexicon

No.of units of electricity generated

31,109Million Units

Total CO2 emissions avoided by KKNPP

26,722,923Tonnes

Note: Average lifecycle GHG emissions for Coal &Nuclear is 888 & 29 (tonnes/GWh) respectively.

Climate change is the foremost globalenvironmental issue today. Nuclear power isone of the low carbon technologies that cancontribute to reducing greenhouse gas (GHG)emissions (mostly CO2) while generatingelectricity for growing populations andsocioeconomic development. KKNPPscontribution in preventing the CO2 emissions tillnow (As on Mar 31, 2019) is given below.

Spotlight of March 2019

KKNPP ‘s contribution to climate change mitigation

A glimpse of IndianPitta at TLDLaboratory, KKNPP

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19,588 PA Publications distributed3

1,796 hours of PublicOutreach, reaching 2,204 people

24 on-site & 4 Off-site outreachprogramme organised

Ideal for dealing with climate change

"To prevent theworst effects ofclimate change, weneed to reach near-zero emissions onall the things thatdrive it -agriculture, electricity, manufacturing, transportation, andbuildings - byinvesting ininnovation across allsectors whiledeploying low costrenewables.

Nuclear energy isone of these criticaltechnologies. It'sideal for dealing withclimate change,because it is theonly carbon-free, scalable energysource that'savailable 24 hours aday.”

Bill GatesThe technologist, business leader and philanthropist

Source: world-nuclear-news.org dated 28 March 2019

Photography by K.B.Jashi, OIC, TLD Laboratory, KKNPP

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Site visit commences witha structured lectureprogramme for about twohours on nuclear energy &safety features of KKNPPwith relevance to theevents at Fukushima andalso addresses the queriesmainly related toprotection of marineorganism and handling ofwaste. They are then takento Model room forfamiliarization of sitelayout, simulator facility tovisualize the functioningof safety systems andhealth physics trainingfacility to understand theconcept of radiation safetyduring normal operation& abnormal situation.Subsequently they aretaken to the Intakestructure and Desalinationplant. This programmeconcludes with a feedbacksession. Two of thefeedback received fromthe visitors are given inthis section.

Public Voice

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NPCIL Mission:To develop nuclear powertechnology and to produceNuclear Power as asafe, environmentally benignand economically viablesource of electrical energy tomeet the increasing needs ofcountry.

Technical session - VVER Technology

“"We believe that you can't

have a serious conversation

about reducing emissions

without including nuclear

energy and carbon capture

technologies.

”

(Source: S.S. Bajaj, et al. (The Indian PHWR, Sep 2005; www.sciencedirect.com )

Source: http://nevada-outback-gems.com, https://blog.gale.com, http://blogs.iu.edu, www.nuclearsafety.gc.ca,

USA must take action on nuclear policy

The features of PHWR that favored this choice are:

Fatih BirolExecutive Director

International Energy Agency

Source: www.world-nuclear-news.org (Excerpts from the address to the Senate Energy

and Natural Resources Committee, USA on prospects for global energy markets

dated Mar 01, 2019

To be continued in Apr 2019

Continued fromFeb 2019

Use of natural uranium as fuel, which obviates the need for developing fuel enrichment facilities.

High neutron economy made possible by useof heavy water as moderator, which meanslow requirements of natural uranium both forinitial core as well as for subsequentrefueling. Also fissile plutonium production(required for stage 2 of the program) ishigh, compared to Light Water Reactors.

Being a pressure-tube reactor, with nohigh pressure reactor vessel, the requiredfabrication technologies were within thecapability of indigenous industry.

The technology for production of heavy water, required as moderator and coolant in PHWR, was available in the country.

Introduction:

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Regional Distribution of Nuclear Power Plants:

New connections to the grid: (Year 2018)

Source: https://pris.iaea.org/PRISUpdated as on Apr 08, 2019

Current Status:

450

396 850 MWe

55

NUCLEAR POWER REACTORSIN OPERATION

TOTAL NET INSTALLEDCAPACITY

NUCLEAR POWER REACTORSUNDER CONSTRUCTION

Country No. of Reactors MWe

ARGENTINA 3 1633ARMENIA 1 375BELGIUM 7 5918BRAZIL 2 1884BULGARIA 2 1966CANADA 19 13554CHINA 46 42800CZECH REPUBLIC 6 3932FINLAND 4 2784FRANCE 58 63130GERMANY 7 9515HUNGARY 4 1902INDIA 22 6255IRAN 1 915JAPAN 39 36974KOREA 24 22444MEXICO 2 1552NETHERLANDS 1 482PAKISTAN 5 1318ROMANIA 2 1300RUSSIA 35 27270SLOVAKIA 4 1814SLOVENIA 1 688SOUTH AFRICA 2 1860SPAIN 7 7121SWEDEN 8 8612SWITZERLAND 5 3333TAIWAN 5 4448UKRAINE 15 13107UK 15 8903USA 98 99061Total 450 396850

17 983REACTOR-YEARS OFOPERATION

Nuclear Database

ROSTOV-4 (1011 MW(e), PWR, RUSSIA) on 2 February

LENINGRAD 2-1 (1085 MW(e), PWR, RUSSIA) on 9 March

YANGJIANG-5 (1000 MW(e), PWR, CHINA) on 23 May

TAISHAN-1 (1660 MW(e), PWR, CHINA) on 29 June

SANMEN-1 (1000 MW(e), PWR, CHINA) on 30 June

SANMEN-2 (1000 MW(e), PWR, CHINA) on 24 August

HAIYANG-1 (1000 MW(e), PWR, CHINA) on 17 August

HAIYANG-2 (1170 MW(e), PWR, CHINA) on 13 October

TIANWAN-4 (990 MW(e), PWR, CHINA) on 27 OctoberSource: https://pris.iaea.org/PRIS

https://pris.iaea.org/PRIShttps://pris.iaea.org/PRIS

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Nuclear key to Xcel Energy's zero-carbon target Mar 06

Nuclear News

New England commits to value of nuclear Mar 18

Senators Introduce Bill to RegainAmerica’s Nuclear Leadership Mar 29

Source: https://dailyenergyinsider.com

US utility Xcel Energy says itscurrent fleet of nuclear powerreactors will help meet itstarget of reducing carbonemissions by 80% by 2030. Itsees advanced reactors or smallmodular reactors playing a rolein meeting its ultimate goal of

providing zero-carbon electricity by 2050. The company, which operatesin eight US states and supplies electricity to 3.6 millioncustomers, announced in December its plan to reduce carbon emissionsby 80% by 2030, compared with 2005 levels, and to deliver 100%carbon-free electricity to its customers by 2050.

Local support rises for construction of Polish plant Mar 07Support for the construction ofPoland's first nuclear powerplant remains high amongresidents in the three areasunder consideration for hostingthe facility, the latest surveycommissioned by PGE EJ1

As two Connecticut utilities sign acontract assuring the continuedoperation of the Millstone nuclearpower plant, the governors of thesix states making up the region ofNew England have issued adocument outlining theircommitment to cooperate to

maintain clean energy facilities including nuclear. The 10-year, 9 millionMWh per year contract between plant operator Dominion and utilitiesEversource and United Illuminating was announced on 15 March byConnecticut Governor Ned Lamont and Katie Dykes, commissioner ofthe state's Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP).The two-unit 2088 MWe pressurised water reactor plant generatesabout 45% of Connecticut's electricity but had been at risk of retirementby 2023. Source: www.world-nuclear-news.org

Source: www.world-nuclear-news.org

Canadian nuclear projectsbring economic benefits Mar 27

shows. When asked if they supported the construction of a nuclearpower plant in Poland, 69% of respondents said they did. Thiscompares with 67% of respondents in the previous survey carried outin 2017. Support was highest in Choczewo, where 73% of residentswere in favour. Poland's first nuclear power plant will be in operationby 2033, according to a draft energy policy document released forpublic consultation last November by the Ministry of Energy. Thedocument envisages 6-9 GWe of nuclear capacity in operation by2043, accounting for about 10% of Poland's electricity generation.

Senators from both partiesreintroduced this week theNuclear Energy Leadership Act(NELA), pushing forward effortsto boost innovation in nuclearenergy and to modernizereactors to re-establish the U.S.foothold in the nuclear energyindustry. This bipartisan bill willspur development ofdemonstration projects at theDepartment of Energy, whichcould become an importantsource of carbon free electricitygeneration.

The 13-year Major ComponentReplacement (MCR) projectbeing undertaken as part ofBruce Power's life-extensionprogramme will inject billions ofdollars into Ontario'seconomy, a new report hasfound. Meanwhile, the majorproject to refurbish Darlingtonunit 2 remains on track forcompletion in 2020, OntarioPower Generation (OPG) hasannounced.

Millstone (Image: Dominion)



GE workers in Poland prepare the generator stator for shipment to Darlington (Image: OPG)

https://dailyenergyinsider.com/

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As a part of Public Awareness programme, Students and staff ofSchools and Colleges and public from Tirunelveli, Tuticorin andKanyakumari districts and also from Kerala state visited KKNPP Site.They were familiarized with the nuclear power plant and Safetyfeatures of KKNPP in particular reference to the events at Fukhushima(Japan) and radiation safety during normal and abnormal operation ofNuclear power plant.

Ontario system operator notes substantial role of

nuclear

Nuclear Slogan

PA activity conducted at KKNPP SiteAt

site

Source: www.bnnbloomberg.ca, https://marcellusdrilling.com

Source: www.world-nuclear.org

Total electricity demand forthe year was 137.4TWh, which was in line with2015 and 2016 figures butslightly higher than2017, when demand hadbeen lower due to mildconditions.

> 93% of the electricity generatedin Ontario in 2018 camefrom non-greenhouse gasemitting sources. Nuclear's90.1 TWh of generationaccounted for 61% of grid-connected generation in2018, with hydro providing36.2 TWh (25%), gas and oil9.6 TWh (6%), and wind 10.7TWh (7%). Biofuels andsolar, at 0.4 TWh and 0.6TWh respectively, eachaccounted for less than 1%of grid-connectedgeneration. Ontario closedits last coal-fired powerplant in 2014.

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Program organised No.of participants Publications distributed

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Few glimpses from Site Visit

CK College of Engineering, Cuddalore

(Mar 01)

Govindammal Aditanar College for Women, Tuticorin

(Mar 01)

Samuel Polytechnic College, Tuticorin (Mar 02)

St.Annes College of Engineering & Technology,

Cuddalore (Mar 04)

Marthandam College of Engineering and Technology,

Kanyakumari (Mar 05)

V.O.C. College of Engineering, Tuticorin

(Mar 06)

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Government Arts & Science College,

Virudhunagar (Mar 08)

Universal College of Engineering & Technology,

Tirunelveli (Mar 11)

TDMNS College, Tirunelveli(Mar 07)

Arunachala College of Engineering for

women, Kanyakumari(Mar 13)

Government College of Engineering, Tirunelveli

(Mar 12)

DMI College of Engineering, Kanyakumari

(Mar 14)

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Devanga Arts College, Virudhunagar

(Mar 16)

Students from IIST,Kerala (Mar 16)

Arul Anandar College, Madurai (Mar 20)

Kaliswari College, Virudhunagar

(Mar 15)

Sri Vidya College of Arts & Science, Virudhunagar

(Mar 19)

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The Standar Fireworks Rajaratnam college for women (Autonomous), Virudhunagar

(Mar 21)

VINS christian college of Engineering, Kanyakumari

(Mar 23)

Mahatma College, Kerala (Mar 25)

Friends Industrial Training Institute, Kanyakumari

(Mar 26)

Vivekananda College, Madurai (Mar 27)

Staffs from KSEB,Kerala

(Mar 30)

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Capacity factorNuclear

Terminology

More on Capacity factor

Lexicon

A universal standard for measuring power plantperformance, comparing a plant’s actual output with itsmaximum potential output, expressed as a percentage. Themaximum possible energy output of a given installationassumes its continuous operation at full nameplate capacityover the relevant period.Load Factor, also called Capacity Factor, for a given period, isthe ratio of the energy which the power reactor unit hasproduced over that period divided by the energy it wouldhave produced at its reference power capacity over thatperiod. Reference energy generation (net) is the energy thatcould be produced during a given time period if the unit wereoperated continuously at reference unit power. The unit loadfactor is calculated for each period as shown below:

LF (%) = (EG / REG ) x 100%Where: EG = net energy generation (MW.h) for the period ;REG = reference energy generation (net) (MW.h) for theperiod. This indicator reflects the actual energy utilization ofthe unit for electricity production.

Capacity factor compareshow much energy wasgenerated against themaximum that could havebeen produced atcontinuous full-poweroperation during a specificperiod of time.

According to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), in 2009 the capacity factors were as follows:[

Nuclear–90.3%Coal–63.8%Natural Gas Plant–42.5%Hydroelectric–39.8%Renewables

(Wind/Solar/Biomass)–33.9%

Oil–7.8%

Nuclear power plants are atthe high end of the range ofcapacity factors, ideallyreduced only by theavailability factor, i.e.maintenance and refueling.

Source: https://pris.iaea.org , www.euronuclear.org

www.nuclearconnect.org

Load Factor Trend : World StatisticsWeighted Average per year calculated from available data ofreactors in commercial operation

A nuclear power plant with a capacity of1,000 megawatts (MW) might produce 648,000 megawatt-hours (MW·h) in a 30-day month. The number of megawatt-hours that would have been produced had the plant beenoperating at full capacity can be determined by multiplyingthe plant's maximum capacity by the number of hours in thetime period. 1,000 MW × 30 days × 24 hours/day is720,000 MW·h. The capacity factor is determined by dividingthe actual output with the maximum possible output. In thiscase, the capacity factor is 0.9 (90%).

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Date Organisation No of participantsPublications distributed

Mar 2-4

Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST) 500 5700

Mar 7-8 Scott Christian College 300 2740

Mar 14 Mannar Thirumalai Naicker College 180 410

Mar 28KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology 200 -

Total 1180 8850

Outside KKNPP

PA outreach programme conducted outside KKNPP:

Few glimpses

As a part of PA outreachactivity, Seminars, Workshop, Lectures andexhibitions wereconducted atEducational Institutionsand Organizations.

PA Exhibition at Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology,(IIST), Thiruvananthapuram on Mar 2-4, 2019

Indian Institute of SpaceScience andTechnology, (IIST), Thiruvananthapuram organised anexhibition duringCONSCIENTIA 2019. KKNPPparticipated during theprogramme and establisheda pavilion to demonstratethe safety features of KKNPP&the importance of NuclearEnergy.

About 500 students visitedthe KKNPP pavilion and 5700PA publications distributedduring the programme.

PA Exhibition At Indian Institute

of Space Science and Technology,

(IIST)

Date: Mar 2-4, 2019

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Scott Christian

College, Nagercoil

organised a seminar cum

exhibition on

KKNPP exhibited the

models and exhibits to

demonstrate the safety

features of KKNPP.

PA Exhibition at Scott Christian

College, Nagercoil

PA Exhibition at Scott Christian College, Nagercoilon Mar 07-08, 2019

Date: Mar 07-08, 2019

Outside KKNPP

No.ofparticipants 300

Publications distributed 2740

Theme: "Non Power

Applications of Nuclear Energy”.

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PA lecture at Mannar Thirumalai Naicker CollegeMadurai on Mar 14, 2019

PA lecture at Mannar

ThirumalaiNaicker College

Madurai

Shri P.Pandaram, ScientificOfficer-G, TLD lab & MemberSecretary, Public awarenesscommittee, KKNPP delivereda guest lecture to thestudents of MannarThirumalai Naicker CollegeMadurai on the occasion ofcelebration of AlbertEinstein's birthday.

About 180 studentsparticipated during theprogramme.

Date: Mar 14, 2019

Outside KKNPP

Shri P.Pandaram, ScientificOfficer-G, TLD lab &Member Secretary, Publicawareness committee,KKNPP delivered aninspirational lecture to thestudents of KPR Institute ofEngineering andTechnology, Coimbatoreon the “Role of NuclearEnergy for the sustainabledevelopment of ourcountry”.

About 200 studentsparticipated durind thelecture.

PA lecture at KPR Institute of Engineering and

Technology, Coimbatore

PA lecture at KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore on Mar 28, 2019

Date: Mar 28, 2019

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Did you know? Source: World Nuclear Association

'Clean Coal' Technologies

Source: https://www.skepticalscience.com

Feature article

US nuclear generation peaked in 2018

To be continued in Apr2019

West Australia's Gorgon natural gas project will tap naturalgas with 14% CO2. Capture and geosequestration of this isexpected to reduce the project's total emissions from 6.7 to4.0 million tonnes of CO2 per year. The project will havecapacity for up to 3.4 million tonnes per year of pressurisedsupercritical CO2 to be injected into the Dupuy formation – asaline aquifer 2500 metres deep below Barrow Island. This isat least 80%, and ultimately 95%, of the reservoirCO2 extracted. This will be the world's largest commercial-scale CO2 injection facility and the Gorgon joint venture isinvesting approximately $2 billion in the design andconstruction of it. The Australian Government has committed$60 million to the Gorgon Carbon Dioxide Injection Project aspart of the Low Emissions Technology Demonstration Fund.

Some CO2 injection to saline aquifers involves acidgas, disposing of hydrogen sulphide and CO2 separated for anatural gas stream. Chevron’s Acheson Field in Canada wasone of the first to use this acid gas injection.

Saline formations have the largest storage potential globallyand a number of CO2 storage demonstration projects areproving their effectiveness to maximise storage capacity andcontainment.

Saline aquifers :


US nuclear power plantsachieved their highest level ofgeneration ever in 2018, despitethe closure of several plantssince the previouspeak, according to the US EnergyInformation Administration (EIA).

Capacity additions from plantuprates, combined with shorterrefuelling maintenancecycles, enabled the country'snuclear plants to produce 807.1million MWh in 2018, surpassingthe previous peak figure of 807.0million MWh which was recordedin 2010.

Continued from Feb 2019

The Gorgon Project is located on Barrow Island, around 60 kilometresoff the northwest coast of Western Australia.

Source: https://australia.chevron.com

https://www.skepticalscience.com/http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/

Prepared & Edited by:

K.B.Jashi, OIC, TLD Lab [email protected]

Reviewed by:

P.Pandaram, Member Secretary, PA [email protected]

R. RamdossTraining Superintendent & Chairman, PA Committee [email protected]

Issued by:

Sanjay Kumar Site Director, KK Site

Contact details:

Public Awareness Committee Kudankulam Nuclear Power ProjectKudankulam-627106 E-Mail: [email protected]

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How Integrated Pest Management using NuclearTechnology helps to Boost Dragon FruitProduction in Viet Nam?

Trivia

There is a reason why dragon fruit is considered arich and famous fruit in Viet Nam: it is exported to40 countries and return from dragon fruitproduction is several times higher than from riceproduction. In Binh Thuan province, around29,500 hectares are dedicated to growing thefruit, with a production of nearly 600 000 tonneslast year, and its Department of Agriculture andRural Development plans to increase that by 2020.However, this plan may be hindered by formidablepests capable of decimating dragon fruit crops:fruit flies.

Nuclear Trivia

integrated pestmanagement:

Source: www.iaea.org, Wikipedia(See PA Newsletter-Jan2015 for more information about SIT)

The integrated pestmanagement pilot projectbegan in January2016, covering around1500 hectares of dragonfruit crops. In the firstthree-year phase, baitsprays, sanitation and amale annihilationtechnique were used toreduce fruit fly infestationin the pilot area to half ofthe infestation levels onuntreated farms.The final stage of theprogramme is beingimplemented thisyear, involving the use ofSIT for the first time in VietNam. Around one millionfruit flies are being rearedin special facilities everymonth, sterilized usingirradiation, and thenreleased into the pilotproject’s pest-infestedareas to further reduce thefruit fly population.

Unlike many other fruits that areseasonal, dragon fruit can be cultivated allyear round and each crop season lasts onlytwo and a half months, so it has greateconomic importance. The fruit is veryimportant for the province’s economy, butthe fruit flies are a big problem for this area.Therefore, the Plant Protection ResearchInstitute, along with staff from theAgriculture and Rural DevelopmentDepartment of Binh Thuan province, teamedup with the IAEA and the Food andAgriculture Organization of the UnitedNations (FAO) in a pilot project to test theeffectiveness of implementing an integratedpest management approach, including aform of insect pest control known as theSterile Insect Technique (SIT). Using thistechnique, fruit flies are mass-produced andthen sterilized using ionizing radiation beforebeing released into the environment to matewith wild flies, producing no offspring.

Integrated pestmanagement using SIToffers the possibility ofpermanently reducingor eliminating flypopulations across awide area.

fruit fly

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