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7.51
TABLE 7.6.8. Comparison of Levelized Waste-Management Costs for the Program
Alternatives Using the Once-Through Cycle and a 10% Discount Rate,
mills/kWh
Proposed Program Alternative Program
Nuclear Power Growth (Geologic Disposal (Disposal Starting No-Action
Case Assumption Starting 1990 - 2010) 2010 - 2030) Alternative
1 Present Inventory Only 1.2 to 1.4 1.2 to 1.4 0.61
2 Present Capacity and
Normal Life 0.77 to 0.83 0.77 to 0.85 0.50
3 250 GWe system by
Year 2000 and Normal Life 0.58 to 0.65 0.58 to 0.61 0.44
4 250 GWe System by
Year 2000and Steady
State 0.61 to 0.63 0.60 to 0.61 NA(a)
5 500 GWe System by
Year 2040 0.60 to 0.62 0.59 to 0.60 NA
(a) NA = not available.
TABLE 7.6.9. Comparison of Levelized Waste-Management Costs for the Program
Alternatives Using the Reprocessing Cycle and a 10% Discount Rate,
mills/kWh
Proposed Program Alternative Program
Nuclear Power Growth (Geologic Disposal (Disposal Starting No-Action
Case Assumption Starting 1990 - 2010) 2010 - 2030) Alternative
1 Present Inventory Only NA(a) NA NA
2 Present Capacity and
Normal Life NA NA NA
3 250 Gwe System by
Year 2000 and Normal Life 0.59 to 0.77 0.59 to 0.63 NA
4 250 GWe system by
Year 2000 and Steady
State 0.63 to 0.66 0.63 to 0.64 NA
5 500 GWe System by
Year 2040 0.63 to 0.66 0.62 to 0.63 NA
(a) NA = not available.
the total cost of nuclear power generation, which is estimated in terms of 1978 dollars to
range from 25 to 35 mills/kWh for a new facility. It is also of interest to note that
although the estimated expenditures for R&D and repository site qualification are very
large, they amount to less than 0.5 mills/kWh (except in the present inventory case when it
amounts to 2 to 5 mills/kWh at a 0% discount rate) when allocated to the generated electri-
cal energy.