Nuclear Economy. 1, Nuclear fuel cycle economic analysis /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Percebois, Jacques (Editor), Thiolliére, Nicolas (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London, UK : Hoboken, NJ : ISTE Ltd ; John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2023.
Series:	Energy. Nuclear energy
Subjects:	Nuclear industry. Power resources.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. The Evolution of Nuclear Energy in the World and in France
1.1. Introduction
1.2. Nuclear power in the world
1.2.1. Creating long-term visibility seducing the market to invest: the case of the United Kingdom
1.2.2. Nuclear activities at the heart of State integration and at the service of economic diplomacy: the case of Russia
1.2.3. The concrete implications of political change: the case of South Korea
1.2.4. A new innovation paradigm at the service of reconquering the market: the case of the United States
1.2.5. The severe nuclear accident or the possibility of a sudden halt to the use of nuclear energy: the case of Japan
1.2.6. China: the emergence of an international leader
1.2.7. The need for multinational coherence in energy policies: the case of difficult European convergence
1.3. The trajectory of the French nuclear ecosystem, between continuity and rupture
1.3.1. The origins of French civil nuclear energy
1.3.2. French nuclear power in the industrial age
1.3.3. A story within a story: sodium-cooled fast reactors (SFRs)
1.3.4. The white years: the gradual decline of new projects
1.3.5. The painful emergence of a nuclear revival in France: projects, organizations and competencies
1.4. Conclusion
1.5. References
Chapter 2. Nuclear Costs: Methodological Aspects
2.1. Introduction
2.2. The different notions of costs
2.2.1. Nuclear costs and associated challenges
2.2.2. Defining the actors concerned by an economic question
2.2.3. Organizing cost concepts following a temporal logic
2.2.4. Specifying the scope of cost analyses
2.2.5. Choosing the appropriate calculation methods
2.2.6. Data
2.3. The discounted cost of nuclear electricity.
2.3.1. Roles and challenges of economic calculation
2.3.2. Key preliminary concepts for calculating the LCOE
2.3.3. Calculation of the LCOE
2.4. Determining the discount rate
2.4.1. The three theoretical approaches
2.4.2. Values and effects of the discount rate
2.5. Case study: a new nuclear reactor
2.5.1. Reference scenario
2.5.2. Results
2.6. Conclusion
2.7. References
Chapter 3. The Production Costs of Nuclear Electricity
3.1. Introduction
3.2. Nuclear costs of existing reactors (Generation II)
3.2.1. Cost assessment methods for historical reactors
3.2.2. Existing fleet costs
3.3. Costs of nuclear electricity at the power station terminal
3.3.1. Construction costs of 3G water reactors
3.3.2. Financing terms and risks for parties
3.3.3. Changes in other components of the future nuclear cost
3.4. Overview of production costs of other nuclear technologies: SMR and FNR
3.4.1. SMR reactors
3.4.2. Fast neutron reactors
3.5. Electrical system costs and nuclear competitiveness
3.5.1. Calculation of system costs
3.5.2. Nuclear system costs
3.5.3. System costs and choice hierarchy
3.5.4. Competition, synergies and complementarities between nuclear and renewable energy
3.6. Conclusion
3.7. References
Chapter 4. The Costs of Nuclear Fuel
4.1. The cost of fuel expressed in the LCOE
4.2. Uranium: availability and markets
4.2.1. Uranium consumption
4.2.2. Terminology, resources and reserves
4.2.3. Uranium resources
4.2.4. Secondary resources
4.2.5. The uranium market
4.2.6. Prospecting and exploration expenditures
4.3. From conversion to fuel fabrication
4.3.1. Conversion
4.3.2. Enrichment
4.3.3. Fuel design and fabrication
4.3.4. Development prospects: advanced ATF fuels
4.4. References
Appendix: Ore Deposits and Mining Projects.
List of Authors
Index
Summary of Volume 2
EULA.