Management of Commercially Generated Radioactive Waste - U.S. ...

TABLE A.9.1c. Allocation of Total-System Waste Management Unit Costs with the Once-Through Cycle Using a
10% Discount Rate, mills/kWh
Repository Spent Fuel
Nuclear Power Startup Storage and Spent Fuel Research and
Case Growth Assumption Date Transport Treatment Disposal Development Total
1 Present Inventory Only 1990 0.28 0.02 0.12 to 0.15 0.90 1.3 to 1.4
2010 0.32 0.004 0.02 0.87 1.2
2030 0.33 0.0006 0.002 to 0.003 1.1 1.4
None 0.33 0.28 0.61
2 Present Capacity-- 1990 0.31 0.02 0.07 to 0.11 0.39 0.79 to 0.83
Normal Life 2010 0.37 0.004 0.01 to 0.02 0.38 0.77
2030 0.37 0.0005 0.0015 to 0.0026 0.47 0.85
None 0.38 0.12 0.50
3 250 GWe System by 1990 0.28 0.03 0.08 to 0.14 0.21 0.59 to 0.65
ear 2000 and Normal 2010 0.37 0.01 0.02 to 0.03 0.19 0.58 to 0.59
Life
2030 0.38 0.0007 0.002 to 0.004 0.23 0.61
None 0.38 0.06 0.44
4 250 GWe System by 2000 0.36 0.01 0.04 to 0.06 0.20 0.61 to 0.63
Year 2000 and Steady 2020 0.38 0.002 0.01 0.22 0.60 to 0.61
State
5 500 GWe System by 2000 0.36 0.01 0.04 to 0.07 0.19 0.60 to 0.62
Year 2040 2020 0.38 0.002 0.002 0.01 0.21 0.59 to 0.60