Cost consideration in closing the nuclear fuel cycle
Conference
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OSTI ID:325384
This study evaluates the economic aspect of closing the nuclear fuel cycle. It compares the fuel cycle costs of the direct disposal and the self-generated recycle fuel cycles to determine the justifiable fuel-reprocessing costs. Previous fuel cycle cost studies cited the low natural uranium prices, due to soft demand, as the reason for low incentive of fuel reprocessing. This study calculated fuel- reprocessing costs as functions of the spent-fuel disposal costs and the natural uranium prices to illustrate that spent-fuel disposal economics could also play an important role in fuel reprocessing and the closing of the nuclear fuel cycle.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- OSTI ID:
- 325384
- Report Number(s):
- UCRL-JC--130774; CONF-980606--; ON: DE98058731
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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