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TABLE A.9.2b. Allocation of Total-System Waste Management Unit Costs with the Reprocessing Cycle Using a 7% Discount Rate,
mills/kWh
Repository Reprocessing Spent Fuel Waste Treatment
Nuclear Power Startup Startup Storage and Storage and Research and
Case Growth Assumption Date Date Transport Transport Disposal Development Total
1 Present Inventory Only NA(a) NA NA NA NA NA NA
2 Present Capacity--Normal NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Life
3 250 GWe system by 1990 1990 0.25 0.25 to 0.32 0.09 to 0.18 0.17 0.76 to 0.91
Year 2000 and Normal , o 1
Life 20002010 1990 0.25 0.24 0.03 to 0.06 0.16 0.68 to 0.71
2010 2010 0.43 0.07 0.02 to 0.04 0.16 0.68 to 0.70
2030 1990 0.25 - 0.23 0.01 to 0.02 0.21 0.70
2030 2010 0.43 0.06 0.01 0.21 0.71 to 0.72
4 250 GWe System by 2000 2000 0.38 0.16 0.05 to 0.09 0.16 0.73 to 0.79
Year tate2000 2000 and Steady teady 2000 2020 0.39 0.13
State
to 0.14 0.02 to 0.03 0.19 0.73 to 0.74
5 500 GWe System by
Year 2040 2000 2000 0.37 0.15 to 0.18 0.05 to 0.09 0.15 0.72 to 0.79
(a) NA = not applicable.
2020 2000 0.37 0.14 to 0.15 0.02 to 0.04 0.17 0.71 to 0.73