Comments on: Thomas Freidman on Nuclear Power http://us.arevablog.com/2009/09/22/thomas-freidman-on-nuclear-power/ Next Energy Blog Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:29:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Max Epstein http://us.arevablog.com/2009/09/22/thomas-freidman-on-nuclear-power/comment-page-1/#comment-170 Max Epstein Wed, 23 Sep 2009 01:00:47 +0000 http://us.arevablog.com/?p=1028#comment-170 I see the "France produces 80% of its electricity from nuclear" quote everywhere, but that 80% figure includes in the denominator all electricity produced by France, which is a net exporter of electricity. When you exclude net exports, the figure comes to just above 88%. C'mon guys, don't be modest! From IEA (2006): Total Electricity Production: 574473 GWh ..... "Domestic Supply" net of import/exports: 511138 GWh Production from Nuclear: 450191GWh http://www.iea.org/Textbase/stats/electricitydata.asp?COUNTRY_CODE=FR I see the “France produces 80% of its electricity from nuclear” quote everywhere, but that 80% figure includes in the denominator all electricity produced by France, which is a net exporter of electricity. When you exclude net exports, the figure comes to just above 88%. C’mon guys, don’t be modest!

From IEA (2006):

Total Electricity Production: 574473 GWh
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“Domestic Supply” net of import/exports: 511138 GWh
Production from Nuclear: 450191GWh

http://www.iea.org/Textbase/stats/electricitydata.asp?COUNTRY_CODE=FR

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