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The '''Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica''' (''National Atomic Energy Commission'', CNEA) is the [[Argentina|Argentine]] [[Government of Argentina|government]] |
The '''Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica''' (''National Atomic Energy Commission'', CNEA) is the [[Argentina|Argentine]] [[Government of Argentina|government]] agency in charge of [[nuclear energy]] management and oversight like the Autoridad Regulatoria Nuclear. |
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The now obsolete agency was founded on [[November 1]], [[1950]] and currently supervises the nuclear-related activity in the country, as well as managing the Centro Atómico Bariloche ([[Bariloche]]), Centro Atómico Constituyentes ([[Buenos Aires]]), Centro Atómico Ezeiza ([[Ezeiza]]), and several [[nuclear reactor|reactors]]. |
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Argentina has two operational [[Nuclear_power_plant|nuclear power plants]], one (Atucha I, 335 [[MWe]]) built by German (Siemens) and other (Embalse, 600 MWe) by Canadian (CANDU) companies. The real cost of the electricity generated by this plants is unknown. A third one (Atucha II, 692 MWe) has been delayed by financial and other problems and recently (2003, 2006) the government announced its commitment to complete the project ($3.8 billion [[USD]] or about $5500/kWe) but not as originally planned ($1.5 billion USD or about $2200/kWe) in 1981. |
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"Atucha II is a huge white elephant, closely related to other nuclear white elephants like PIAP and the Nuclear Plan of Argentina. If the president of CNEA cannot show confidence in the completion of Atucha II, then that signal is quite significant. The only way to accelerate the completion of Atucha II is to continue to hide the truth, and CNEA is successful doing just that." |
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In 1955, Balseiro took the direction of the recently created ''Instituto de Física de Bariloche'', now ''[[Instituto Balseiro]]'', where he taught [[electromagnetism]], and many other subjects unrelated with the production of energy from nuclear forces. In partnership with its associated research center, the [http://www.cab.cnea.gov.ar/ Centro Atómico Bariloche], and the [[National University of Cuyo]] it has trained a couple of hundred physicists and nuclear engineers and produced hundreds of peer-reviewed scientific papers as well as other important contributions to applied and basic science, as it is done in a daily basis by many other Institutions in Argentina with far much less budget. Although Power Reactors in the hundreds of Megawatt range have not been built by Argentina on its own, [http://www.invap.com.ar/ INVAP], a state owned company with an unknown [[Accountancy|accounting]] balance, started by graduates of the Instituto Balseiro in 1976 and located in Bariloche, has exported [[Research reactor|research reactors]] of less than a Megawatt to [[Peru]], [[Algeria]], [[Egypt]] and most recently to [[Australia]], but the [[net income]] from this exports is not expected to balance the deficit of billions of [[USD]] incurred by the nuclear business in charge of the Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica and its partners. |
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While in US the AEC's regulatory programs had come under such strong attack that US Congress decided to abolish the agency by 1974. Supporters and critics of nuclear power agreed that the promotional and regulatory duties of the AEC should be assigned to different US agencies. The US Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 put the regulatory functions of the US AEC into the new NRC, which began operations on January 19, 1975; and placed the promotional functions within the Energy Research and Development Administration, which was later absorbed by the United States Department of Energy (DoE). |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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*{{es icon}} [http://www.cnea.gov.ar/xxi/ Official website] |
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*[http://www.nirs.org/mononline/nm618.pdf Raul A. Montenegro: Will Atucha II survive the truth?] PDF - WISE/NIRS Nuclear Monitor, November 12, 2004 |
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Revision as of 15:57, 8 March 2006
The Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica (National Atomic Energy Commission, CNEA) is the Argentine government agency in charge of nuclear energy management and oversight like the Autoridad Regulatoria Nuclear.
The now obsolete agency was founded on November 1, 1950 and currently supervises the nuclear-related activity in the country, as well as managing the Centro Atómico Bariloche (Bariloche), Centro Atómico Constituyentes (Buenos Aires), Centro Atómico Ezeiza (Ezeiza), and several reactors.
Argentina has two operational nuclear power plants, one (Atucha I, 335 MWe) built by German (Siemens) and other (Embalse, 600 MWe) by Canadian (CANDU) companies. The real cost of the electricity generated by this plants is unknown. A third one (Atucha II, 692 MWe) has been delayed by financial and other problems and recently (2003, 2006) the government announced its commitment to complete the project ($3.8 billion USD or about $5500/kWe) but not as originally planned ($1.5 billion USD or about $2200/kWe) in 1981.
"Atucha II is a huge white elephant, closely related to other nuclear white elephants like PIAP and the Nuclear Plan of Argentina. If the president of CNEA cannot show confidence in the completion of Atucha II, then that signal is quite significant. The only way to accelerate the completion of Atucha II is to continue to hide the truth, and CNEA is successful doing just that."
In 1955, Balseiro took the direction of the recently created Instituto de Física de Bariloche, now Instituto Balseiro, where he taught electromagnetism, and many other subjects unrelated with the production of energy from nuclear forces. In partnership with its associated research center, the Centro Atómico Bariloche, and the National University of Cuyo it has trained a couple of hundred physicists and nuclear engineers and produced hundreds of peer-reviewed scientific papers as well as other important contributions to applied and basic science, as it is done in a daily basis by many other Institutions in Argentina with far much less budget. Although Power Reactors in the hundreds of Megawatt range have not been built by Argentina on its own, INVAP, a state owned company with an unknown accounting balance, started by graduates of the Instituto Balseiro in 1976 and located in Bariloche, has exported research reactors of less than a Megawatt to Peru, Algeria, Egypt and most recently to Australia, but the net income from this exports is not expected to balance the deficit of billions of USD incurred by the nuclear business in charge of the Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica and its partners.
While in US the AEC's regulatory programs had come under such strong attack that US Congress decided to abolish the agency by 1974. Supporters and critics of nuclear power agreed that the promotional and regulatory duties of the AEC should be assigned to different US agencies. The US Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 put the regulatory functions of the US AEC into the new NRC, which began operations on January 19, 1975; and placed the promotional functions within the Energy Research and Development Administration, which was later absorbed by the United States Department of Energy (DoE).
See also
External links
- Template:Es icon Official website
- Raul A. Montenegro: Will Atucha II survive the truth? PDF - WISE/NIRS Nuclear Monitor, November 12, 2004