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French Nuclear Energy: Concentrated Power
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Nuclear energy is one of the most significant sources of low carbon energy in use in the power sector today. In 2013, nuclear energy represented roughly 11% of the global electricity supply, with growth projected to occur in China, India, and Russia (International Atomic Energy Agency [IAEA], n.d.a; NEA, n.d.). As a stable source of electricity, nuclear energy can be a stand-alone, base-load form of electricity or complement more variable forms of low carbon energy, like wind and solar power. Among the energy technologies considered here, nuclear energy is complex not only for the science behind it, but also for its societal, environmental, and economic dimensions.This chapter explores the rapid rise of French nuclear energy in the civilian power sector. It considers what a national energy strategy looks like under conditions of high concern about energy supply security when limited domestic energy resources appear to exist. The case reveals that centralized planning with complex and equally centralized technology can be quite conducive to rapid change. However, continued public acceptance, especially for nuclear energy, matters in the durability of such a pathway. France is a traditional and currently global leader in nuclear energy, ranking the highest among countries for its share of domestic electricity derived from nuclear power at 76% of total electricity in 2015 (IAEA, n.d.b). France is highly ranked for the size of its nuclear reactor fleet and amount of nuclear generation, second only to the United States. In 2016, this nation of 67 million people and economy of $2.7 trillion had 58 nuclear power reactors (CIA, n.d.; IAEA, n.d.b). Due to the level of nuclear energy in its power mix, France has some of the lowest carbon emissions per person for electricity (IEA, 2016a). France is also one of the largest net exporters of electricity in Europe, with 61.7 TWh exported (Réseau de Transport d’électricité [RTE], 2016), producing roughly $3.3 billion in annual revenue (World Nuclear Association [WNA], n.d). This European country has the largest reprocessing capacity for spent fuel, with roughly 17% of its electricity powered from recycled fuel (WNA, n.d.).
Title: French Nuclear Energy: Concentrated Power
Description:
Nuclear energy is one of the most significant sources of low carbon energy in use in the power sector today.
In 2013, nuclear energy represented roughly 11% of the global electricity supply, with growth projected to occur in China, India, and Russia (International Atomic Energy Agency [IAEA], n.
d.
a; NEA, n.
d.
).
As a stable source of electricity, nuclear energy can be a stand-alone, base-load form of electricity or complement more variable forms of low carbon energy, like wind and solar power.
Among the energy technologies considered here, nuclear energy is complex not only for the science behind it, but also for its societal, environmental, and economic dimensions.
This chapter explores the rapid rise of French nuclear energy in the civilian power sector.
It considers what a national energy strategy looks like under conditions of high concern about energy supply security when limited domestic energy resources appear to exist.
The case reveals that centralized planning with complex and equally centralized technology can be quite conducive to rapid change.
However, continued public acceptance, especially for nuclear energy, matters in the durability of such a pathway.
France is a traditional and currently global leader in nuclear energy, ranking the highest among countries for its share of domestic electricity derived from nuclear power at 76% of total electricity in 2015 (IAEA, n.
d.
b).
France is highly ranked for the size of its nuclear reactor fleet and amount of nuclear generation, second only to the United States.
In 2016, this nation of 67 million people and economy of $2.
7 trillion had 58 nuclear power reactors (CIA, n.
d.
; IAEA, n.
d.
b).
Due to the level of nuclear energy in its power mix, France has some of the lowest carbon emissions per person for electricity (IEA, 2016a).
France is also one of the largest net exporters of electricity in Europe, with 61.
7 TWh exported (Réseau de Transport d’électricité [RTE], 2016), producing roughly $3.
3 billion in annual revenue (World Nuclear Association [WNA], n.
d).
This European country has the largest reprocessing capacity for spent fuel, with roughly 17% of its electricity powered from recycled fuel (WNA, n.
d.
).
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