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It solves the biggest problem and achieves "sovereignty" .. What does it mean for Iraq to have a "nuclear reactor"?
May 06, 2021
It solves the biggest problem and achieves "sovereignty" .. What does it mean for Iraq to have a "nuclear reactor"?
May 06, 2021
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In late September of last year 2020, Iraqi moves and talks towards building a nuclear reactor in the country appeared, for the first time since the early 1980s, when the July nuclear reactor built by Iraq with French cooperation was destroyed, and it was bombed by Israel in 1981, and the termination was completed. It was completely destroyed during Operation Desert Storm in 1991, and its final destruction in 2003 during the US invasion of Iraq.
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The government has reached understandings with 3 countries to accelerate the construction of Iraqi nuclear reactors
On September 24, 2020, the Iraqi Authority for the Control of Radioactive Sources in Iraq announced the formation of a committee, by order of a diwani from Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi, to start building nuclear reactors in Iraq for research purposes. The governmental committee formed for this purpose reached understandings with 3 countries to accelerate the construction of Iraqi nuclear reactors. The understandings were accompanied by two visits to the Russian embassy, a meeting with the French embassy, as well as a meeting with specialized officials from the American side.
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The authority stated that "the French side is eager to work with Iraq in the field of the peaceful use of nuclear energy, and we are waiting for it to obtain full approvals, so that the details of cooperation can be known, as it will be in accordance with the terms of a memorandum of understanding that also includes support and support for Iraq in the field of medical use as well as for energy production."
Regional conversations that arise from time to time about the problems of nuclear reactors, whether in terms of safety or in terms of relations with the international community and permitting the possession of nuclear plants, prompt the question of the extent to which Iraq needs a nuclear reactor and its importance, and its future with other countries, especially the great ones in the event of going to build This reactor.
In this regard, "Ultra Iraq" conducted a dialogue with the head of the Iraqi authority on radioactive sources in Iraq, Dr. Kamal Hussein Latif, about the need to build a nuclear reactor in Iraq and the importance of this step and its benefits to the country.
Does Iraq need a nuclear reactor .. and why?
Dr. Latif said during his speech to "Ultra Iraq": "In the beginning, Iraq has oil and gas as energy sources, but the gas produced by Iraq, which is considered as a by-product from the oil extraction process, amounts to 2,700, and Iraq invests only about half of the amount. It means that the energy resources that Iraq possesses only meet 50% of Iraq's actual need to provide electricity.
On the other hand, Iraq does not export dates or wheat as we were in the fifties and sixties of the last century, when we were the first in the world with this type of exports, and our current export became only oil and gas, meaning that Iraq burns its export sources to provide energy in order to produce electricity, and this is wrong, According to Latif.
He adds that "political independence in the world is independence of energy, water and food. It is no longer the same. There is no country that occupies a country militarily anymore. Rather, the occupation has become by controlling the country's energy, as Iraq will continue to import gas from Iran until 2030, and this is This is not true in the world of politics and independence. "
Latif notes that "the energy mix and diversification of its sources is very important, and the state must have oil, gas, nuclear energy, water, solar energy and winds," noting that "the more constant the price of energy in the country, the faster this country is capable of growth, and the oil that Iraq adopts, i.e. Manipulating and changing its prices globally will cause losses, whether it rises or falls, as with its decrease it causes large financial losses, and when it rises, production will increase further, which means burning more Iraqi oil in extraction and power generation.
It is expected, according to special accounts that Latif spoke about, that Iraq will burn and consume 20% of its oil and gas until 2030 to generate power, which is a great loss, as 50% of the electricity produced in Iraq comes from the gas produced inside Iraq and 8% of the imported gas from Iran. 42% of the electrical energy is generated from other sources.
What is the economic feasibility of producing electricity in a nuclear reactor?
After these introductions, it is worth talking about the importance and benefits of the nuclear plant and what it will provide to Iraq compared to the above.
The head of the Radioactive Sources Control Authority, Dr. Kamal Hussein Latif, says that “In a comparison between a nuclear plant with a capacity of 1 gigabyte and a station with the same energy that depends on fossil fuels, the establishment of a nuclear plant needs 3 billion dollars, compared to a fossil fuel station cost 1 billion dollars, except The paradox is that the nuclear plant consumes only $ 19 million annually, compared to the $ 800 million that the station operating with fossil fuels consumes to provide fuel, which means that the amounts of fuel used within 3 years for fossil fuel stations are sufficient to build a nuclear reactor.
On the other hand, "the life of the nuclear reactor reaches 60 years at a time when the most powerful fossil fuel station for the production of electric power cannot resist in Iraq for more than 12 years," according to Latif.
On adopting other alternative sources such as solar energy and wind, Latif stresses the importance of diversifying energy, but these sources, in their lifetime, will not become an alternative to nuclear reactors, and they cannot provide electrical energy for only a few hours and at high costs.
Except for what will be saved .. The nuclear plant brings additional money for free!
Latif notes that "the 1 gigabyte plant, which operates on fossil fuels, emits 3.5 million tons of carbon emissions that are harmful to the environment, while the nuclear reactors do not release a single carbon atom."
On this basis, Latif talks about the United Nations decisions on climate change, as the world has been divided into developed countries that cause pollution, and developing and polluting countries, but they cannot be forced to reduce their carbon emissions, and while the developed countries produce hundreds of times more carbon emissions than developing countries, It was agreed that the great countries would buy alternatives to carbon emissions from developing countries "hypothetically", which means that every developing country builds a nuclear reactor, for example, or any alternative means to provide energy that enables it to extinguish and shut down a plant that causes carbon emissions. By paying money to these developing countries in the amount of 40 dollars per ton, which means that if Iraq built a nuclear reactor of 1 gigabyte and extinguished in exchange for it a 1 gigabyte plant running on fossil fuels, which puts about 3.5 million tons of carbon dioxide, these superpowers will pay Iraq about 120 million dollars for every fossil fuel station that is dispensed with, "and on this basis Latif points out the possibility that the nuclear reactors that Iraq builds will become" free ", and he can build them from these The money and money for the fuel it consumes to run its electric gas stations.
And he shows that, "according to the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, Iraq is obligated to reduce its carbon emissions until 2035 by about 14%, which means that Iraq must extinguish stations by about 4 gigawatts, that is, build nuclear reactors with a capacity of 4 gigawatts in front of the stations operating with fossil fuels, which it will cancel." ".
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The head of the Radioactive Sources Control Authority says that Iraq's burning and dispersal of its oil and gas anger the superpowers, including Europe. At a time when they are in great need of this fuel, Iraq is wasting it
According to Latif, Iraq needs 18 gigawatts of electricity at the base time, and at the peak, that is, during the summer months, noon hours and some hours of the night, it needs 23 gigawatts, while indicating that if Iraq works on building 8 nuclear reactors with a capacity of 1 gigawatt, it It will cover half of its needed energy from electricity and stop wasting oil and gas. These quantities will be reserved for export only, not consumed and burned.
What is the relationship of security stability and prosperity?
The head of the Radioactive Sources Control Authority in Iraq, Dr. Kamal Hussein Latif, speaks of political and security implications that go beyond the economic consequences of the issue of Iraq burning energy resources such as oil and gas, describing Iraq as "provoking the world's anger with this behavior."
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Latif pointed out that, "Iraq's burning of its oil and gas and dispersing it angered the great countries, including Europe. At a time when they are in great need of this fuel, Iraq disperses it, so it does not remain for these countries either to seek to sabotage it and prevent it from squandering wealth, or trying to control energy sources. In it another way. "
And he shows that “the country’s export of more oil and gas and the acquisition of the global market, especially in gas, will strengthen the country, and since the countries of the European Union most of its stations depend on gas with another diversification in energy, the European countries and the great countries will work on the necessity for Iraq to remain a country.” Stable so that its supplies are not affected by the energy exported to them, "indicating that" the countries of Europe have intelligence in scenarios and depend on the energy mixture. Belgium, for example, takes half of its energy from reactors and the other half from gas, and when the price of gas rises by only one cent, they shut down the stations and raise the power of the reactors. " "Nuclear energy to compensate for the lack of energy, and all these steps are calculated in milliseconds in terms of economic feasibility."
Are we facing the fate of the Tammuz reactor? Does it lead to non-peaceful consequences?
Latif denies any similarities between the nuclear reactors that Iraq is trying to establish and the [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] , as he shows that the Tammuz reactor is a research reactor called the open basin reactor.
While indicating that Iraq will initially build two reactors for the production of energy with a capacity of 1 gigawatt, and the other is a research reactor to train cadres and workers, Latif touches on a fundamental issue that will distance Iraq from the international troubles with regard to nuclear reactors.
He asserts that "Iraq will not have nuclear waste, because it will not manufacture the fuel. Rather, fuel for the stations will be imported from the countries that build the reactor that Iraq will build, accompanied by an international team who will personally install new closed containers of fuel and take the old used materials outside the country, and there will be no Any non-peaceful ways in this reactor. "
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