Decommissioning nuclear power plants : policies, strategies and costs.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

OECD Nuclear Energy Agency.

Series:

Nuclear development

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuclear power plants--Decommissioning.

Nuclear power plants.

Physical Description:

105 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.

Place of Publication:

Paris, France : Nuclear Energy Agency, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2003.

Summary:

Based on data on decommissioning policies, strategies, and costs in 26 countries, this report presents decommissioning cost estimates provided by experts from government agencies and the industries involved in decommissioning activities. Cost estimates for a large number of nuclear power plants, including a range of reactor types, sizes, and sites, are analyzed with an emphasis on understanding the main reasons for the variability. The report will be of interest to analysts and policy makers in nuclear energy. The report is prepared by the Nuclear Energy Agency of the Organization for Economic Co- operation and Development (OECD), and contains no subject index. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

2. Decommissioning policies and strategies 21

3. Decommissioning cost estimating and funding approaches 45

Elements of decommissioning cost estimates 46

Approaches for estimating costs 48

Funding aspects 49

4. Decommissioning cost data 53

Reactor types and sizes 54

Reactor history and decommissioning schedule 54

Cost data reporting and conversion 57

Summary presentation of cost data 58

5. Analysis of cost drivers 67

Type of reactor 67

Size of reactor 68

Number of units on the site 68

Operating history 69

Scope of decommissioning activities 69

Decommissioning strategy options 70

Site re-use 70

Clearance and classification levels 71

Regulatory standards 71

Amount of waste 71

Availability of radioactive waste repositories 72

Uncertainties and uncertainty treatment 72

Labour costs 73

Social and political factors 73

Decommissioning policy and strategy 75

Cost variability 76

Effect of decommissioning strategy on cost 78

Waste volumes, management and disposal 79

Overall concluding remarks 79

Annex 1. Members of the Expert Group, contributors to the report and respondents to the questionnaire 81

Annex 2. Questionnaire 89

Annex 3. Exchange rates and adjustment factors 105

Table 2.1 Summary of existing repositories that accept radioactive decommissioning waste 29

Table 4.1 Distribution by reactor type and size of the cost data sets provided and analysed 55

Table 4.2 Starting and shutdown dates of plants included in the study 56

Table 4.3 Format of the cost data requested in the questionnaire 58

Table 4.4 Decommissioning cost estimates for PWRs 59

Table 4.5 Decommissioning cost estimates for VVERs 60

Table 4.6 Decommissioning cost estimates for BWRs 61

Table 4.7 Decommissioning cost estimates for PHWRs/Candus

deferred dismantling 61

Table 4.8 Decommissioning cost estimates for GCRs and others 62

Table 4.9 Average contributions of major cost items to total decommissioning costs for each reactor type 65

Table 6.1 Average decommissioning costs and standard deviations 77.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9264104313

9789264104310

OCLC:

53039114