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2018 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Nuclear Power Economics

Author : M. R. Deinert

Published in: Nuclear Energy

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c
Onetime costs [$]
Ce
Cost of electricity [$]
Ep
Electricity production [kW(e)]
FV
Future value in constant dollars [$]
FV’
Future value in nominal dollars [$]
HM
Heavy metal refers to the uranium and or transuranic component of fuel
i
Inflation rate per year
kg
Kilogram
kW
Kilowatt
kWh
Kilowatt hour
kWh(e)
Kilowatt hour electric
mill
$ 0.001
MOX
Mixed oxide fuel
MWh(e)
Megawatt hour electric
n
Number of years
p(t)
Distributed costs [$/year]
Pu
Plutonium
PV
Present value [$]
r
Nominal yearly rate of return in discrete discounting
r(xi,xj)
Correlation coefficient
SD
Standard deviation
SF
Spent fuel (also called used nuclear fuel; SF will be used in this work)
SW
Separative work
t
Time [year]
U
Uranium
UOX
Uranium dioxide fuel
VHLW
Vitrified high-level waste
xi
Denotes a cost component
α
Linear cost escalation rate [$/year2]
β
Linear cost escalation intercept [$/year]
δ
Delta function
ρ
Real discount or interest rate [1/year]
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Metadata
Title
Nuclear Power Economics
Author
M. R. Deinert
Copyright Year
2018
Publisher
Springer New York
Book
Nuclear Energy

Print ISBN: 978-1-4939-6617-2

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-4939-6618-9

Copyright Year: 2018

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-6618-9_33