阿省百亿兴建加西第一核电站

waterfruit · 发表于 2008-4-6 11:17

阿省西北和平河城PACE RIVER 2017年将运转2000兆瓦4座反应堆。
将通过国际招标，对通用日立，西屋公司开放。
未来24年阿省电力需求达10000兆瓦，该省丰富但有限的天然气消耗将满足不了需求。
另外安省也拟扩建3500兆瓦核电，New Brunswick也正建第二座核电站。

French firm Areva eager to build nuclear power plant in Alberta
Lauren Krugel, The Canadian Press
March 28, 2008 - 8:04 p.m.
CALGARY - Areva SA is eager to build Western Canada's first nuclear power plant, the president of the French nuclear giant's Canadian wing said Friday.

Ontario power plant operator Bruce Power said earlier this month that it wants to build a four-reactor nuclear complex near Peace River, Alta., at a cost of more than $10 billion.

"Our design is one of the designs that Bruce Power is looking at for Northern Alberta. We're competing for their attention," Armand Laferrere told reporters in Calgary.

The proposed 4,000-megawatt facility would be the largest of its kind in the world and could be up and running as early as 2017.

Bruce Power has indicated it would open up bidding for the mega project to private international companies other than Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., the Crown corporation that designed the Candu reactor.

Possibilities could include GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy and Westinghouse Electric Co.

When asked whether Areva was in talks with nuclear providers other than Bruce Power for construction projects in Alberta, Laferrere said: "The answer is yes and I will not say one more word."

Demand for power in Alberta is growing faster than any other jurisdiction in North America and will need another 10,000 megawatts of electricity in the next two decades, Laferrere said.

The growth is being propelled largely by the oilsands industry in northeastern Alberta, which currently consumes enormous amounts of natural gas to power its operations.

"Alberta has huge reserves in natural gas, huge but not unlimited. And you want to put this natural gas to the best value that you can," Laferrere said.

"The best value that you can does not include burning it to extract bitumen from the oilsands or burning it to provide electricity for the province."

Nuclear electricity could easily be sent up to Fort McMurray, Alta., to aid in upgrading the thick bitumen into more manageable light oil.

But using nuclear power-generated heat in steam assisted gravity drainage oilsands, or SAGD, operations could be much trickier, as the source of the ultra-hot steam would have to be situated close enough to numerous different sites in order to work.

"Even for this there is renewed interest. One year ago people were saying 'we just need power' now there are some investors having second look at steam, so it might reappear," Laferrere said.

The federal government has signalled it may put its AECL on the sale block, possibly to a foreign company like Areva.

"It's too early to have any special plans," Laferrere said.

"What I can tell you is that we're following this closely. What I can also tell you that in every market we like to have partners. We like to work with companies that are locally respected and that have talent. So maybe one day."

In announcing plans for the Peace River site on March 13, Bruce Power chief executive Duncan Hawthorne said it would try to keep jobs here when it makes its choice.

"We are an all-Canadian company and the impact on Canadian jobs will be a big part of our decision-making process," he said

Areva's other Canadian operations include radiation measurements and engineering services offices in Ontario, electrical transmission and distribution in Quebec and uranium mining in Saskatchewan. It employs 950 people across the country in its 16 office locations and brought in $438 million in revenue last year.

In addition to Alberta, Ontario is also on the cusp of a massive nuclear expansion. The province's utility wants to build a 3,500-megawatt plant in either Darlington or Kincardine, Ontario.

There's also word New Brunswick's government is also mulling building a second power plant at Point Lepreau

fatcat · 发表于 2008-4-7 11:04

chmwl · 发表于 2008-4-7 11:51

年轻的心 · 发表于 2008-4-9 05:56

blueland · 发表于 2008-4-9 21:32

好像反对的呼声也很高？

疯青羊 · 发表于 2008-4-13 15:31

嘿嘿，大家都希望建，但不要建在自己家边上

PennyWY · 发表于 2008-4-15 09:28

原帖由 疯青羊 于 2008-4-13 16:31 发表 ! [' `+ P, ^ O8 r' B2 Q
嘿嘿，大家都希望建，但不要建在自己家边上

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