[ RadSafe ] [Nuclear News] FPL Proposes Expanding Nuclear Power

Fri Aug 17 11:03:09 CDT 2007

Well, if you make it all gas, the 18 M tons becomes about 11 M tons :-)

Maybe they would project reducing coal to nothing, with gas having to
replace the nuclear and coal

Then again, FPL is one of the biggest wind power generators in the
country, so they would know to what extent FL is a candidate for
significant wind generation to replace some of that.

Regards, Jim 

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	From: stewart farber [mailto:radproject at sbcglobal.net] 
	Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 11:29 AM
	To: powernet at hps1.org; radsafe at radlab.nl; Sandy Perle;
Muckerheide, Jim (CDA)
	Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] [Nuclear News] FPL Proposes Expanding
Nuclear Power

	Hi Jim,
	Good question. Who knows what FP&L was assuming in arriving at
their estimate of 11 million tons avoided from 3,000 MWe of nuclear
plant capacity. 

	However if they took their 2006 mix of generation: 

	43% natural gas; 
	18% coal; 
	17% oil
	and applied to that mix, the amount of CO2 released per kwhr
[derived from the DOE source cited in my earlier post]:

	CO2 RELEASED PER kwhr:

	Gas: 1.32 lb
	Coal: 2.11 lb
	Oil:    1.96 lb

	you get a weighted average of  of CO2 released of 1.62 lbs/kwhr
from their fossil fuel generation mix.

	So 3,000 MW[e] nuclear installed capacity at an assumed 85%
plant capacity factor [FP&L has averaged 90% last year!] would avoid
18.11 million tons of CO2 based on their mix of power sources.

	By the way, my earlier post on CO2 avoided from COAL generation
vs. nuclear generation contained an error. I wrote:

	"3000 MWe of generation plant at 85% capacity factor would thus
avoid
	production of 2.36 E6 metric tons or 2.6E 7 short tons of CO2."

	It should have read:

	"3000 MWe of nuclear plant generation at 85% capacity factor
would thus avoid
	production of 21.4 E6 metric tons or 23.6 E6 short tons of CO2."

	Best,
	Stu Farber
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		----- Original Message ----- 
		From: Muckerheide, Jim (CDA)
<mailto:Jim.Muckerheide at state.ma.us>  
		To: stewart farber <mailto:radproject at sbcglobal.net>  ;
Sandy Perle <mailto:sandyfl at cox.net>  ; radsafe at radlab.nl ;
powernet at hps1.org 
		Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 8:17 PM
		Subject: RE: [ RadSafe ] [Nuclear News] FPL Proposes
Expanding Nuclear Power

		Hi Stu,

		Could they be modeling their mix of coal and natural gas
fired power?

		Regards, Jim

		-----Original Message-----
		From: radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl on behalf of stewart
farber
		Sent: Thu 8/16/2007 1:57 PM
		To: Sandy Perle; radsafe at radlab.nl; powernet at hps1.org
		Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] [Nuclear News]  FPL Proposes
Expanding Nuclear Power

		Hi all,
		I think the figures put out by FP&L on the amount of
CO-2 avoided by adding
		3,000 MWe to the grid are much too low by a factor of
about 2.

		According to the DOE [See Carbon Dioxide Emissions from
the Generation of
		Electric Power in the United States] -July 2000
[reference: Table 1,

http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/page/co2_report/co2report.html
]

		Coal released 1.78  E8 metric tons of CO2 while
generating 1.87 E9 kwhrs.
		This equates to  9.6 E-4 metric tons of CO2 per kwhr
[2.11 pounds of CO2 per
		kWhr]

		If FP&L adds 3,000 MWe of nuclear generation at 85%
capacity they will
		generate 7.44 E9 kwhrs in a year/1000 MWe or 7.15 E6
metric tons of CO2/1000
		MWe.

		3000 MWe of generation plant at 85% capacity factor
would thus avoid
		production of 2.36 E6 metric tons or 2.6E 7 short tons
of CO2.

		Can others verify or comment on my math showing 26
million tons of CO2
		avoided from 3,000 MWe vs. FP&Ls press release that "FPL
estimates the
		additional nuclear power would keep 11 million tons of
carbon dioxide out of
		the environment every year". Has FP&L made an error?

		Stewart Farber, MS Public Health
		Consulting Scientist
		Farber Technical Services
		1285 Wood Ave.
		Bridgeport, CT 06604
		[203] 441-8433 [office]
		email: radproject at sbcglobal.net

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		----- Original Message -----
		From: "Sandy Perle" <sandyfl at cox.net>
		To: <radsafe at radlab.nl>; <powernet at hps1.org>
		Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 1:28 PM
		Subject: [ RadSafe ] [Nuclear News] FPL Proposes
Expanding Nuclear Power

		> FPL Proposes Expanding Nuclear Power
		>
		> Florida Power & Light Plans to Expand Nuclear Power
Capacity, Build
		> Nuclear Units in Florida
		>
		> JUNO BEACH, Fla. (AP) Aug 15  -- Florida Power & Light
Co., a unit of
		> energy company FPL Group Inc., said Wednesday it
intends to expand
		> its power production in Florida and will pursue
building two new
		> nuclear power units.
		>
		> FPL proposes to add about 400 megawatts of power
capacity to its
		> existing nuclear power plants in Florida by 2012,
pending regulatory
		> approvals. The company also plans to pursue the
addition of two new
		> nuclear power units by 2020, which would add up to
3,000 megawatts of
		> power to Florida's electric grid.
		>
		> FPL estimates the additional nuclear power would keep
11 million tons
		> of carbon dioxide out of the environment every year,
helping the
		> state meet its goals for reducing greenhouse gases.
		>
		> The proposals, still in the early stages of
development, will require
		> extensive review and approvals from state and federal
agencies,
		> including the Public Service Commission and the
Nuclear Regulatory
		> Commission.
		>
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