The Economics of Long-term Operation of Nuclear Power Plants
Refurbishment and long-term operation (LTO) of existing nuclear power plants (NPPs) today are crucial to the competitiveness of the nuclear industry in OECD countries as existing nuclear power plants produce baseload power at a reliable cost. A number of nuclear power plants, most notably 73 units i...
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Paris :
OECD Publishing
2012.
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| Series: | Nuclear Development,
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009705842206719 |
Table of Contents:
- Executive summary 9 Chapter 1. Overview of long-term operation programmes in the world 19 -Introduction19 -Lifetime-limiting factors 22 -References 27 Chapter 2. Regulatory and legal requirements for long-term operation in different countries 29 -Typical regulatory approaches for assurance of safety in long-term operation 29 -Safety level required for long-term operation 31 -Scope of the regulatory assessment for long-term operation 32 -Reference 36 Chapter 3. Safety initiatives following the Fukushima Daiichi accident 37 -Nuclear Energy Agency 37 -European Union (EU) 38 -United States 40 -IAEA action plan 42 -Conclusions 42 -References 43 Chapter 4. Economics of long-term operation: figures of merit 45 -Assessment criteria 45 -Methodology of criteria evaluation 46 -Summary of the methodology 58 -References 59 Chapter 5. Assessment of long-term operation programmes in selected NEA countries: case studies 61 -Belgium 61 -Finland 66 -France 69 -Hungary 75 -Republic of Korea 79 -Switzerland 84 -United States 87 -Comparison with other cases 94 -Further plans for lifetime extension 96 -References 96 Chapter 6. Summary of LTO programmes for selected countries that have not participated in the questionnaire 97 -Russian Federation 97 -Ukraine 99 -United Kingdom 100 -References 103 Chapter 7. Summary and conclusions 105 List of appendices -1. Glossary109 -2. Members of the ad hoc expert working group 111
