Nuclear Power Economics and Technology: An Overview, Issue 88Nuclear Energy Agency, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 1992 - Technology & Engineering - 91 pages |
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arising benefits capital costs cent Chapter coal coal-fired commercial components construction coolant costs of nuclear decommissioning economic electricity demand electricity supply energy supply enrichment environmental existing factors fast reactors Figure fission products fossil fuel fuel costs future gas-cooled heat high-temperature improve investment Levelised cost light-water reactors major MOX fuel natural uranium neutrons nuclear capacity nuclear electricity Nuclear Energy Agency nuclear fuel cycle nuclear industry nuclear plants nuclear power nuclear share OECD countries output overall P.O. Box Performance in Nuclear planned plutonium plutonium fuels potential problems produced programmes radioactive waste rates of return reactor core reactor designs reactor fuel reactor operation recovered recycling reduce refuelling requirements safety significant Source storage technical Telefax thermal reactors tonnes United Kingdom uranium and plutonium uranium fuels uranium oxide fuel uranium resources utilities waste disposal water reactors water-cooled reactors WOCA