The nuclear age is closing

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Ir. Jan Haverkamp [email protected] G EU policy campaigner nuclear energy The Nuclear Age is closing the question is how fast Vilnius, Lithuania 6 December 2011 Seimas

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Ir. Jan Haverkamp [email protected]

G EU policy campaigner nuclear energy

The Nuclear Age is closingthe question is how fast

Vilnius, Lithuania6 December 2011

Seimas

the nuclear “renaissance”

Reactor meltdown 5, 6 and 7

No clarity on molten cores –

core reactor 1 molten 65 cm into concrete reactor 2 57% molten reactor 3 63% molten?

Stable cooling system after 9,5 months?

Decommissioning > 30 years

Radiation far beyond 10 and 30 km zones

Evacuations into the 30 km zone and beyond

Hotspots far beyond 30 km zone

Problems in food: tea, rice, sea-food

Loss of radioactive water

Scandal ownership radiation

>800 000 evacuations

What does this mean for the people?

Damages in the hundreds of Billions of Euros

LESSONS LEARNED If you have an emergency (flood, earthquake, extreme weather, terrorist security situation, war) the last thing you want is to have to deal as well with a nuclear emergency It can happen in any reactor If it happens – reality is a lot more complicated than emergency plans Regulatory independence Liability regimes inadequate

EU STRESS TESTS 1 Jun 2011: Start 15 Aug 2011: Operator progress report 15 Sep 2011: Regulator progress reports 31 Oct 2011: Operator final reports 24 Nov 2011: Commission progress report 31 Dec 2011: Regulator final reports – start peer-reviews 14 April: Commission progress report Jun 2012: Commission final report

EU STRESS TESTS

TRACK 1: ENSREG Earthquakes, floods, (other extreme weather, human impact), full station black-out, loss of ultimate heat sink EMMENTALER CHEESE!

TRACK 2: Ad Hoc Group Nuclear Security (AHGNS – EU Council) Secret No involvement regulators or independent experts Limited scenarios

EU STRESS TESTS

MISSING TRACK 1: EMERGENCY RESPONSE Le Bugey – Lyon (830 000, 30 km) Krsko – Zagreb (1,1 Million, 43 km) Astravetz – Vilnius (600.000, 41 km) Visaginas – Daugavpils (100 000, 30 km) Hartlepool – Hartlepool (90.000, 3 km), Middlesborough (150.000, 10 km) and Stockton-on-Tees (80.000, 11 km) Doel – Antwerp (470.000, 11 km)