Conveners
7.2 Economics of Fast Reactors
- Dmitriy Tolstoukhov (ITCP «PRORYV»)
- GILLES MATHONNIERE (CEA)
Mr
Michele Frignani
(ANN)
27/06/2017, 10:20
Track 7. Fast Reactors and Fuel Cycles: Economics, Deployment and Proliferation Issues
ORAL
Fast reactors are typically considered for their potential to make optimal use of natural resources or for their potential to minimize the amount and level of nuclear waste. The additional opportunity of fast reactors designed for cogeneration applications (i.e., production of electricity and process heat), which can bring an enormous reduction in CO2-emissions, is made possible by the...
Mr
Dmitriy Tolstoukhov
(ITCP «PRORYV», Russian Federation)
27/06/2017, 10:40
Track 7. Fast Reactors and Fuel Cycles: Economics, Deployment and Proliferation Issues
ORAL
In the report said about reducing the share of nuclear power generation in the world. In conditions inter-fuel competition highest growth rates show renewables. The key to advancing the development of nuclear energy is to ensure the competitiveness of NPPs whith solving systemic problems. Modern NPPs with LWR in an open NFC, practically exhausted the potential of improving the...
Dr
Viktor Dekusar
(Laboratory of Nuclear Fuel Cycle system analysis taking into account National and International tendencies)
27/06/2017, 11:00
Track 7. Fast Reactors and Fuel Cycles: Economics, Deployment and Proliferation Issues
ORAL
The fuel cost component (FCC) of electricity generation is defined as a specific indicator - the cost of 1 kWh of electricity produced. This value is obtained as the levelized (discounted) nuclear fuel cost value, generally beginning with natural uranium procurement and ending with spent fuel management, normalized to the total electric energy generated over the nuclear power plant lifetime....
Mr
GILLES MATHONNIERE
(CEA)
27/06/2017, 11:20
Track 7. Fast Reactors and Fuel Cycles: Economics, Deployment and Proliferation Issues
ORAL
Fast reactor competitiveness is usually examined by comparing fast reactors and light water reactors (LWRs) LCOE (levelized cost of electricity).
As fast reactors have an investment cost higher than LWRs, their kWh production cost is higher than that of LWRs (with the natural uranium current price) and their competitiveness will thus take place when the increase of the natural uranium cost...
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Equipment cost estimation for pilot demonstration lead-cooled fast-neutron reactor BREST-OD-300
Mr
Nikolay Molokanov
(ROSATOM, JSC “NIKIET”, MEPhI)
27/06/2017, 11:40
Track 7. Fast Reactors and Fuel Cycles: Economics, Deployment and Proliferation Issues
ORAL
One of the main problems in determining the investment in the construction of new nuclear facilities at the design stage is the cost estimation of non-standard equipment. The novelty and lack of experience are the features of early stage of the project. The uniqueness of the projected facilities makes it impossible to use catalogues and price-lists. It is required different approaches to...
