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Economics of advanced light water reactors - Recent update

Conference · · Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (USA)
OSTI ID:6372386
This paper includes recently updated analyses of the economic prospects of advanced light water reactors (ALWRs) during the decade of the 1990s. United Engineers and Constructors (UE and C) has performed engineering economic analyses related to ALWRs over the last 5 yr using both target economics and detailed cost-estimating methodologies. It has been found through such cost comparisons that properly designed and constructed ALWRs should cost less than the target cost figures listed above and significantly less than the pressurized water reactor better experience reference LWR plant cost.
OSTI ID:
6372386
Report Number(s):
CONF-900608--
Conference Information:
Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (USA) Journal Volume: 61
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English