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New Challenges In The World Market For Nuclear Power Technologies

Table 3:

Name AP1000 EPR APR1400 VVER1200
Front end of NFC
Mining 12 904 405.86 19 243 163.47 16 967 721.49 12 015 369.61
Conversion 2 163 640.23 3 226 439.34 2 844 923.30 2 014 578.38
Enrichment 4 831 070.16 7 247 492.04 6 014 383.07 4 481 564.07
Fuel production 1 892 690.91 2 761 700.61 2 987 702.81 1 785 845.45
Total costs – Front end of NFC 21 791 807.16 32 478 795.45 28 814 730.67 20 297 357.51
Back end of NFC
Direct disposal
Transportation and intermediate storage 4 731 727.27 6 904 251.52 7 469 257.03 4 464 613.64
Encapsulation and direct disposal 12 549 363.64 18 311 275.76 19 809 768.65 11 840 931.82
Total costs - Direct disposal 17 281 090.91 25 215 527.27 27 279 025.68 16 305 545.45
SF retreatment
Transportation and intermediate storage 1 234 363.64 1 801 109.09 1 948 501.83 1 164 681.82
Spent nuclear fuel retreatment 16 869 636.36 24 615 157.58 26 629 525.07 15 917 318.18
Vitrification and disposal of nuclear waste 2 057 272.73 3 001 848.48 3 247 503.06 1 941 136.36
Total costs - SF retreatment 20 161 272.73 29 418 115.15 31 825 529.96 19 023 136.36
Fuel production costs without SF retreatment, US$/kg 1 899.26 1 921.96 1 727.29 1 885.64
Fuel production costs with SF retreatment costs, US$/kg 2 039.26 2 061.96 1 867.29 2 025.64
Fuel component in the cost of energy (direct disposal) ¢/kWth 0.39967531 0.40445283 0.48899556 0.39681041
Fuel component in the cost of energy (SF retreatment) ¢/kWth 0.42913659 0.43391411 0.52862957 0.42627169
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