Competitiveness of small-medium, new generation reactors: A comparative study on decommissioning

International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, Proceedings, ICONE

Volumn 5, Issue , 2009, Pages 57-66

  Locatelli, Giorgio ^a   Mancini, Mauro ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL COSTS; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; COST ESTIMATE; DECOMMISSIONING PROJECT; ECONOMY OF SCALE; ELECTRICITY COSTS; LARGE SIZES; LITERATURE REVIEWS; NUCLEAR RENAISSANCE; OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE; ORIGINAL DESIGN; SMALL SIZE;

COMPETITION; COST ACCOUNTING; COSTS; DECOMMISSIONING (NUCLEAR REACTORS); ELECTRIC REACTORS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; SMALL NUCLEAR REACTORS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 77952901616     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ICONE17-75254     Document Type: Conference Paper

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