Breeder reactor economics
Breeder reactor economics
This paper focuses on the comparative economics of fast breeder reactors versus light water reactors and develops an internally consistent set of financial techniques whereby a utility may determine and compare the costs of generating power with either system. The general methodology is used here to estimate the break-even capital costs for the breeder as a function of future uranium prices but is equally applicable to other reactor types. It is shown that by the time the breeder reactor (breeder) is commercially available, it is likely a utility would select a breeder even though its capital cost might be twice that of a light water reactor (LWR).
- University of North Texas United States
Economics, Cost, 210100 -- Power Reactors, Boiling Water Cooled, Reactor Materials, Nonbreeding, Nonboiling Water Cooled, Uranium Oxides, Fuels, Breeding, 21 Specific Nuclear Reactors And Associated Plants, Actinide Compounds, Fbr Type Reactors, Lmfbr Type Reactors, Nuclear Fuels, Comparative Evaluations, Fuel Cycle, Water Moderated Reactors 210801* -- Nuclear Power Plants-- Economics-- Construction & Operation-- (-1987), Materials, Light-Water Moderated, Mathematical Models, Breeder Reactors, Pwr Type Reactors, Oxides, Capital, Bwr Type Reactors, Reactors, Uranium Compounds, 210500 -- Power Reactors, Uranium Oxides U3O8, Fast Reactors, Epithermal Reactors, Water Cooled Reactors, Energy Sources, 210200 -- Power Reactors, Oxygen Compounds, Chalcogenides, Liquid Metal Cooled Reactors
Economics, Cost, 210100 -- Power Reactors, Boiling Water Cooled, Reactor Materials, Nonbreeding, Nonboiling Water Cooled, Uranium Oxides, Fuels, Breeding, 21 Specific Nuclear Reactors And Associated Plants, Actinide Compounds, Fbr Type Reactors, Lmfbr Type Reactors, Nuclear Fuels, Comparative Evaluations, Fuel Cycle, Water Moderated Reactors 210801* -- Nuclear Power Plants-- Economics-- Construction & Operation-- (-1987), Materials, Light-Water Moderated, Mathematical Models, Breeder Reactors, Pwr Type Reactors, Oxides, Capital, Bwr Type Reactors, Reactors, Uranium Compounds, 210500 -- Power Reactors, Uranium Oxides U3O8, Fast Reactors, Epithermal Reactors, Water Cooled Reactors, Energy Sources, 210200 -- Power Reactors, Oxygen Compounds, Chalcogenides, Liquid Metal Cooled Reactors
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