Nuclear Power Plants: A Safe Track to Meet the Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Targets

The Israeli national target for Greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) reduction is 8.8 tons GHG per capita for 2025 and 7.7 tons per capita for 2030. This target was set in Government Decision Nu 542 from 20/9/2015, which was later included in the Paris Agreement signed by the Israeli representatives at the UN Climate Conference in December 2015. In order to achieve this target, obligations for reducing electricity consumption and for increasing renewable energy production share have been made.
In April 2016, the Israeli government approved a national plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, for meeting the national target. The plan promotes means for GHG emission reduction such as: Power consumption reduction (efficiency), Introduction of new green technologies, "Green building" designs, Transfer to renewable energies and Use of public Transportation.
Advanced and innovative NPP designs prescribe a clear track to meet GHG emissions reduction targets (global warming), while maintaining security of supply (by energy resource diversification and fuel price stability). The advantages of NPP introduction in the Israel electrical grid will be presented. NPP options of a large reactor (capacity above 1000 MWe) or a fleet of SMR units (each up to 600 MWe) will be considered. Introducing NPP into the power system will help meet GHG emissions targets, without drastic increase in electricity tariffs and while maintaining security of supply.