Skip to main content
Disciplines
Automotive Business IT + Informatics Construction + Real Estate Electrical Engineering + Electronics Energy + Sustainability Insurance + Risk Finance + Banking Management + Leadership Marketing + Sales Mechanical Engineering + Materials
Events
DE
EN
Books
Journals
Topic Page
Marketing
Start single access now
Access for companies
EXTENDED SEARCH
Log in
Top
Published in:
Comparing the Geological Disposal of Carbon Dioxide and Radioactive Waste: Introduction and Overview Read chapter Read first chapter

2011 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

The Costs of the Geological Disposal of Carbon Dioxide and Radioactive Waste

Authors : Ferenc L. Toth, Asami Miketa

Published in: Geological Disposal of Carbon Dioxide and Radioactive Waste: A Comparative Assessment

Publisher: Springer Netherlands

Log in

Activate our intelligent search to find suitable subject content or patents.

search-config
loading …

Abstract

Cost assessments of geological disposal of carbon dioxide and radioactive waste are presented. The scope of the cost assessments covers a range of activities from research, site identification, licensing and construction to operation, closure and post-closure monitoring of the disposal sites. The most meaningful indicator for comparison is the disposal cost per unit of electricity produced. The comparative assessment reveals important differences between the two waste products in the volume of material involved and the precautions to be taken that determine the cost per kWh indicator. The timing of investment to establish the disposal site is an important difference with significant cost implications: investments must be completed before starting CO2 capture from fossil power plants whereas investments in radioactive waste repositories can be postponed for decades after the waste emerges from nuclear power reactors. The investment costs are significant and mid-course corrections are expensive; hence, both technologies need stable regulatory systems.

Dont have a licence yet? Then find out more about our products and how to get one now:

Springer Professional "Wirtschaft+Technik"

Online-Abonnement

Mit Springer Professional "Wirtschaft+Technik" erhalten Sie Zugriff auf:

  • über 102.000 Bücher
  • über 537 Zeitschriften

aus folgenden Fachgebieten:

  • Automobil + Motoren
  • Bauwesen + Immobilien
  • Business IT + Informatik
  • Elektrotechnik + Elektronik
  • Energie + Nachhaltigkeit
  • Finance + Banking
  • Management + Führung
  • Marketing + Vertrieb
  • Maschinenbau + Werkstoffe
  • Versicherung + Risiko

Jetzt Wissensvorsprung sichern!

inform now

Springer Professional "Technik"

Online-Abonnement

Mit Springer Professional "Technik" erhalten Sie Zugriff auf:

  • über 67.000 Bücher
  • über 390 Zeitschriften

aus folgenden Fachgebieten:

  • Automobil + Motoren
  • Bauwesen + Immobilien
  • Business IT + Informatik
  • Elektrotechnik + Elektronik
  • Energie + Nachhaltigkeit
  • Maschinenbau + Werkstoffe




 

Jetzt Wissensvorsprung sichern!

inform now

Springer Professional "Wirtschaft"

Online-Abonnement

Mit Springer Professional "Wirtschaft" erhalten Sie Zugriff auf:

  • über 67.000 Bücher
  • über 340 Zeitschriften

aus folgenden Fachgebieten:

  • Bauwesen + Immobilien
  • Business IT + Informatik
  • Finance + Banking
  • Management + Führung
  • Marketing + Vertrieb
  • Versicherung + Risiko




Jetzt Wissensvorsprung sichern!

inform now
previous chapter Engineering Challenges in the Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste and Carbon Dioxide
next chapter Managing Liability: Comparing Radioactive Waste Disposal and Carbon Dioxide Storage
Literature
Alie C, Douglas PL, Davison J (2009) On the operability of power plants with CO2 capture and storage. In: Gale J, Herzog H, Braitsch J (eds) Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies. Energy Procedia 1:1521–1526
Bachu S, McEwen T (2011) Geological media and factors for the long-term emplacement and isolation of carbon dioxide and radioactive waste. In this volume
Bosetti V, Carroro C, Galeotti M, Massetti E, Tanovi M (2006) WITCH: a world induced technical change hybrid model. Energy J 27(Special issue 2):13–38
Dooley JJ, Dahowski RT, Davidson CL (2008) On the Long-term Average Cost of CO2 Transport and storage. Joint Global Change Research Institute, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, College Park, PNNL-17389CrossRef
Eccles JK, Pratson L, Newell RG, Jackson RB (2009) Physical and economic potential of geological CO2 storage in saline aquifers. Environ Sci Technol 43:1962–1969CrossRef
Eide-Haugmo I, Brakstad OG, Hoff KA, Sørheim KR, da Silva EF, Svendsen HF (2009) Environ-mental impact of amines. In: Gale J, Herzog H, Braitsch J (eds) Proceedings of the 9th Inter- national Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies. Energy Procedia. 1:1297–1304
Finnish Ministry of Employment and the Economy (2002) A Government decision-in-principle issued on 17 January 2002 on Posiva Oy’s application for the construction of a disposal facility for spent nuclear fuel generated in Finland regarding the unresolved part of the application, postponed by the Government to be considered in conjunction with the processing of Teollisuuden Voima Oy’s application for a decision-in-principle on the construction of a new nuclear power plant unit, submitted to the Government on 15 November 2000. http://​www.​tem.​fi/​files/​19727/​Decision_​in_​principle_​2002.​pdf
Gómez DR, Tyacke M (2011) Transport of carbon dioxide and radioactive waste. In this volume
Hamilton MR, Herzog HJ, Parsons JE (2008) Cost and U.S. public policy for new coal power plants with carbon capture and sequestration. In: Gale J, Herzog H, Braitsch J (eds) Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies. Energy Procedia 1:4487–4494
Hendriks C, Hagedoorn S, Warmenhoven H (2007) Transportation of Carbon Dioxide and Organisational Issues of CCS in the Netherlands. Ecofys, Utrecht
Herzog H, Smekens K, Dadhich P, Dooley J, Fujii Y, Hohmeyer O, Riahi K (2005) Cost and economic potential. In: Metz B, Davidson O, de Coninck HC, Loos M, Meyer L (eds) IPCC Special Report on Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge/New York, pp 339–362
Hildebrand AN (2009) Strategies for demonstration and early deployment of carbon capture and storage: a technical and economic assessment of capture percentage. Masters thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
Ho MT, Allinson GW, Wiley DE (2009) Factors affecting the cost of capture for Australian lignite coal fired power plants. In: Gale J, Herzog H, Braitsch J (eds) Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies. Energy Procedia. 1:763–770
IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) (1994) Assessment and Comparison of Waste Management System Costs for Nuclear and Other Energy Sources, vol 366, Technical Reports. IAEA, Vienna
IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) (2006) Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management, vol 1, IAEA International Law. IAEA, Vienna
IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) (2009) Classification of Radioactive Waste, vol GSG-1, IAEA Safety Standards. IAEA, Vienna
IEA (International Energy Agency) (2008) CO2 Capture and Storage: A Key Carbon Abatement Option. OECD/IEA, Paris
IEA and NEA (International Energy Agency and Nuclear Energy Agency) (2010) Projected Costs of Generating Electricity 2010 edition. OECD Publishing, Paris
IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) (2005) IPCC Special Report on Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage. Metz B, Davidson O, de Coninck HC, Loos M, Meyer LA (eds). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge/New York
Korkmaz Ö, Oeljeklaus G, Görner K (2009) Analysis of retrofitting coal-fired power plants with carbon dioxide capture. In: Gale J, Herzog H, Braitsch J (eds) Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies. Energy Procedia. 1:1289–1295
Kukkola T, Saanio T (2005) Cost estimate of Olkiluoto Disposal Facility for Spent Nuclear Fuel. Working report 2005–10. Posiva Oy, Olkiluoto
Maul P (2011) Risk assessment, risk management and remediation for the geological disposal of radioactive waste and storage of carbon dioxide. In this volume
NUMO (Nuclear Waste Management Organization of Japan) (2004) Technology and Safety of Geological Disposal of High-level Radioactive Wastes. NUMO, Tokyo [in Japanese], NUMO-TR-04-01
ONDRAF/NIRAS (L’organisme national des déchets radioactifs et des matières fissiles enrichies—Belgian Agency for Radioactive Waste and Enriched Fissile Materials) (2001a) SAFIR 2 Report: Safety Assessment and Feasibility Interim Report 2. Report NIROND 2001-06 E. ONDRAF/NIRAS. Available at: http://​www.​nirond.​be/​engels/​Safir2_​eng.​php
Ploumen PJ, Koetzier H, Turpin F, Smeets RD (2007) Investigations to CO2 Storage: Strategy for CO2 Capture. 30620089-Consulting 06-1064. KEMA Consulting, Arnhem
Pöyry Energy Consulting (2007) Analysis of Carbon Capture and Storage Cost-supply Curves for the UK. Pöyry Energy Consulting, Oxford
Renzenbrink W, Ewers J, Keller D, Wolf KJ, Apel W (2009) RWE’s 450 MW IGCC/CCS project – Status and outlook. In: Gale J, Herzog H, Braitsch J (eds) Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies. Energy Procedia. 1:615–622
Rogner HH, Sharma D, Jalal AI (2008) Nuclear power versus fossil-fuel power with CO2 capture and storage: a comparative analysis. Int J Energy Sect Manage 2(2):181–196CrossRef
Štefula V (2004) Inventory of radioactive wastes. Deliverable D-1. SAPIERR—Support Action: Pilot Initiative for European Regional Repositories. European Commission, Brussels
Strömberg L, Lindgren G, Jacoby J, Giering R, Anheden M, Burchhardt U, Altmann H, Kluger F, Stamatelopoulos G-N (2009) Update on Vattenfall’s 30 MWth oxyfuel pilot plant in Schwarze Pumpe. In: Gale J, Herzog H, Braitsch J (eds) Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies. Energie Procedia 1:581–589
Tshibangu KJ-P, Descamps F (2011) Engineering challenges in the geological disposal of radioactive waste and carbon dioxide. In this volume
Vangkilde-Pedersen T, Anthonsen KL, Smith N, Kirk K, Neele F, van der Meer B, Le Gallo Y, Bossie-Codreanu D, Wojcicki A, Le Nindre Y-M, Hendriks C, Dalhoff F, Christensen NP (2009) Assessing European capacity for geological storage of carbon dioxide—the EU GeoCapacity project. In: Gale J, Herzog H, Braitsch J (eds) Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies. Energy Procedia. 1:2663–2670
Vosbeek M, Warmenhoven H (2007) Making Large-scale Carbon Capture and Storage CCS in the Netherlands Work: An Agenda for 2007–2020 Policy, Technology and Organization. Ecofys, Utrecht
West JM, Shaw RP, Pearce JM (2011) Environmental issues in the geological disposal of carbon dioxide and radioactive waste. In this volume
Metadata
Title
The Costs of the Geological Disposal of Carbon Dioxide and Radioactive Waste
Authors
Ferenc L. Toth
Asami Miketa
Copyright Year
2011
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Book
Geological Disposal of Carbon Dioxide and Radioactive Waste: A Comparative Assessment

Print ISBN: 978-90-481-8711-9

Electronic ISBN: 978-90-481-8712-6

Copyright Year: 2011

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-8712-6_8