Nuclear-fuel-cycle costs. Consolidated Fuel-Reprocessing Program
Conference
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OSTI ID:6634107
The costs for the back-end of the nuclear fuel cycle, which were developed as part of the Nonproliferation Alternative Systems Assessment Program (NASAP), are presented. Total fuel-cycle costs are given for the pressurized-water reactor once-through and fuel-recycle systems, and for the liquid-metal fast-breeder-reactor system. These calculations show that fuel-cycle costs are a small part of the total power costs. For breeder reactors, fuel-cycle costs are about half that of the present once-through system. The total power cost of the breeder-reactor system is greater than that of light-water reactor at today's prices for uranium and enrichment.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA); Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Inc., TN (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-26
- OSTI ID:
- 6634107
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-811108-21-Draft; ON: DE83003411
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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