[Gasification] Gasification Digest, Vol 11, Issue 2

[Jonathan Pratt]

And not a single nuclear related incident in 40 years in both the US and 
France, nor anywhere else but Russia that has resulted in loss of a single 
life.

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> Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 02:45:21 -0700
> From: "Tom Miles" <tmiles at trmiles.com>
> Subject: Re: [Gasification] Nuclear and Biomass Electric Generation
> To: "'Discussion of biomass pyrolysis and gasification'"
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> France:
> France has 59 nuclear reactors operated by Electricite de France (EdF) 
> with
> total capacity of over 63 GWe, supplying over 426 billion kWh per year of
> electricity, 78% of the total generated there. In 2005 French electricity
> generation was 549 billion kWh net and consumption 482 billion kWh - 7700
> kWh per person. Over the last decade France has exported 60-70 billion kWh
> net each year. See also EdF web site."
> http://www.edf.fr/index.php4?coe_i_id=12053
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> Nuclear power in France Briefing Paper April 2007
> http://www.uic.com.au/nip28.htm
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> So the direct comparison is 59 plants generating 426 billion kWh vs 104
> plants generating 787 billion kWh . . .vs US biomass at 28 billion kWh vs
> worldwide gasification at 26 million kWH?
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> Tom Miles
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