| Description |
1 online resource (xxxviii, 234 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations, acronyms, parameters and variables; 1 An introduction to the international nuclear power industry; 1.1 Commercial nuclear power reactor technologies; 1.2 The nuclear fuel cycle; 1.3 The uranium market, 1948-2014; 1.4 National nuclear power industries; References; 2 Regulating light water reactors in the United States; 2.1 Changes in US Nuclear Regulatory Commission licensing procedures |
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2.2 US Department of Energy incentives to new nuclear generation2.3 US electric utility regulation and new nuclear power; 2.4 Public policy instruments and nuclear power's cost of capital; Appendix 2A: Levelised cost and the cost of capital; References; 3 New nuclear power plant capital construction costs; 3.1 Measuring nuclear power plant construction costs; 3.2 Total nuclear power plant construction cost; 3.3 Nuclear power plant construction lead time and financing cost; 3.4 Nuclear power plant capacity factors; 3.5 New small modular reactors |
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3.6 First-of-a-kind and nth-of-a-kind construction cost estimates3.7 New nuclear's levelised construction cost; Appendix 3A: Risk, contingency and diversification in electricity generation; Appendix 3B: An appropriate insurance premium for a nuclear power plant accident; References; 4 New light water reactor operating and levelised costs; 4.1 New nuclear power's total construction and levelised costs; 4.2 New nuclear fuel costs; 4.3 Nuclear power plant operations and maintenance costs; 4.4 Advanced light water reactor and small modular reactor levelised costs |
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Appendix 4A: Expected cost of recycling used uranium oxide fuelReferences; 5 Levelised cost and cost risk for portfolios of generating assets; 5.1 Levelised costs for electricity-generating alternatives; 5.2 New nuclear levelised cost probability distributions; 5.3 Uncertain natural-gas-fired combined-cycle gas turbine levelised electricity cost; 5.4 Uncertain coal-fired levelised electricity costs; 5.5 Probabilistic analysis of portfolios of electricity-generating assets; 5.6 Summary and conclusions; References; Index |
| Summary |
This book is a unique introduction to the economic costs of nuclear power. It examines the future of the nuclear power industry and unpacks the complicated relationships between its technical, economic and political variables. It does so by modelling the costs, risks and uncertainties of one of the world's most opaque industries using micro-econometrics, econometrics, and cost engineering. Economics of Nuclear Power examines the very important costs of externalities (storing of nuclear waste and the impact of a Chernobyl or Fukushima event) and compares those to the externalities of alternative carbon based energies (oil, coal, natural gas) With over 100 tables and figures this book details nuclear power production around the world - present and planned, providing a completely global focus. It also includes an overview of the past 70 years of international nuclear power developments. This book is essential reading for students, scholars and professionals interested in energy economics, nuclear engineering and energy policy |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Nuclear industry.
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Nuclear energy -- Economic aspects
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General.
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Nuclear energy -- Economic aspects
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Nuclear industry
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Kernenergie
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Energiewirtschaft
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Kernenergiewirtschaft
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2015025361 |
| ISBN |
9781315718033 |
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1315718030 |
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9781317511779 |
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1317511778 |
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9781317511762 |
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131751176X |
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9781317511786 |
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1317511786 |
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