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This whole discussion is misplaced. Economically, the cost of fuel for a nuclear plant is almost negligible, about half a cent per kWh! Up-front capital costs a
by comicjk 10y ago
This whole discussion is misplaced. Economically, the cost of fuel for a nuclear plant is almost negligible, about half a cent per kWh! Up-front capital costs are the vast majority of the total. That's where research and venture capital should be focused, not on squeezing down the half-cent.
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- hocuspocus 10y agoPWRs are inherently expensive to build, that's also a huge argument for molten salts reactors, that were initially designed to fit an airplane.
- justatdotin 10y agotoo cheap to meter!
- fnordfnordfnord 10y agoIt might be if we hadn't frozen the tech at circa 1970.
- kemiller 10y agoI don't think it's about the price of fuel per kWh it's about the waste generated per kWh.
- Gibbon1 10y agoI don't think waste is the biggest cost with nuclear power. At least over the short run of 50 years. I remember some figure that coal fired plants cost about half as much to build as nuclear plants. I could be wrong. But if true there might not be that much fat to cut out of nuke designs in general.
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- fnordfnordfnord 10y agoIs that the commodity cost of the ore, or does it include the cost of the fuel rod assembly and assorted middlemen costs?
- comicjk 10y agoEverything up to the final fuel rods. See here (go to Operating Costs): http://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/economic-aspects/economics-of-nuclear-power.aspx http://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/economic-as...
- fnordfnordfnord 10y agoThank you for the link.
- luca_ing 10y ago> Up-front capital costs are the vast majority of the total. How does de-construction cost and transport/storage cost for nuclear waste (including the remains of decommissioned plants) fare? I can't believe it's negligible.