ME40055 - Week 7

How many operational nuclear power stations are there in the UK?

• 5

• 7

• 3

• 4 ½

What type of power station will Hinkley C be?

• Magnox (generation 1)

• Advanced Gas (cooling) Reactor (AGR, generation 2)

• European Pressurised Reactor (EPR, generation 3)

• Small Modular Reactor (SMR)

What is typical power output envisaged for a SMR?

• 600kW – 5 MWe

• 3 - 10 MWe

• 8 – 45 MWe

• 20 - 300 MWe

What is (IRENA’s estimate of) current approximate cost of utility scale solar?

• 500 USD(2015)/kW

• 1000 USD(2015)/kW

• 1800 USD(2015)/kW

• 2800 USD(2015)/kW

What proportion of this is the module cost?

• <50%

• 50-60%

• 60-70%

• >70%