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UNINA9910830881003321 |
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Nuclear Economy 1 : Nuclear Fuel Cycle Economic Analysis / / edited by Jacques Percebois and Nicolas Thiolliere |
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London, England ; Hoboken, NJ : , : ISTE Ltd : , : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., , [2023] |
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©2023 |
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1-394-25734-1 |
1-394-25732-5 |
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Edizione |
[First edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (262 pages) |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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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 |
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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. |
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