According to Platts Nucleonics Week of exclusive analysis, due to the long downtime due to management problems, 2003 Japan nuclear power plant generating capacity totals than in 2002 reduced to about 86 million MWh, bring down the average installed capacity of power generation by the 77% to the 59%, it’s also the world’s nuclear electricity generation was down (down about 70 million MWh, down to about 2.6 billion MWh) main reasons. Global average capacity utilization . rate fell more than 2%, is down to 76.4%.
downtime due to management problems (primarily for the inspection and maintenance of the reactor vessel top lid) also contribute to United States nuclear electricity generation was down about 14 million MWh, while average total utilization of installed capacity by almost 90% drops to just over cent of main reasons.
however, global as well as the United States’s performance in 2003 was better than in 2001, therefore, 2003 still means the performance of a large number of carriers operating in very well with their power plants. Korea power generating unit power output increased by about 13 million MWh, while Russia’s electricity production increased 10 million MWh. Czech Republic due to the Temelin nuclear power plant begins operation at full capacity increase of about 9 million MWh, while Bulgaria’s capacity as permanent shut down Kozloduy (Kozloduy) 1TH and 2nd for nuclear power plant units reduced by about 3 million MWh.
some actually doing a very good job of nuclear power plants. Germany 1,475-MW Isar-2 to more than 12.3 million MWh of breaking its own records 2002. France became the second largest producer of nuclear power for the first time: France electricity company (Electricite de France,EDF) Cattenom-3 production of 11.7 million MWh of nuclear power. In 2003, the world’s top 10 generators (Germany, 6 France 2, United States 2) each had a generating capacity of more than 11 million MWh.
Platts global nuclear energy Editorial Director Margaret Ryan said: “ten years, nuclear power operators has been pushing for their power plant became the most efficient power plant. 2003 fall in nuclear power production is to a large extent due to a a very unique situation, do not seem to be a decline in nuclear power production capacity. ”