Technology, safety and costs of decommissioning reference light water reactors following postulated accidents
- Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (USA)
The estimated costs for post-accident cleanup at the reference BWR (developed previously in NUREG/CR-2601, Technology, Safety and Costs of Decommissioning Reference Light Water Reactors Following Postulated Accidents) are updated to January 1989 dollars in this report. A simple formula for escalating post-accident cleanup costs is also presented. Accident cleanup following the most severe accident described in NUREG/CR-2601 (i.e., the Scenario 3 accident) is estimated to cost from $1.22 to 1.44 billion, in 1989 dollars, for assumed escalation rates of 4% or 8% in the years following 1989. The time to accomplish cleanup remained unchanged from the 8.3 years originally estimated. No reanalysis of current information on the technical aspects of TMI-2 cleanup has been performed. Only the cost of inflation has been evaluated since the original PNL analysis was completed. 32 refs., 12 tabs.
- Research Organization:
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC (USA). Div. of Regulatory Applications; Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (USA)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- NRC
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC06-76RL01830
- OSTI ID:
- 6458795
- Report Number(s):
- NUREG/CR-2601-Add.1; ON: TI91005106
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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