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TABLE A.9.3a. Repository Media Effect on Total-System <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>Management</strong> Unit Cost with the Once-Through Cycle Using a<br />

0% Discount Rate<br />

mills/kWh<br />

Nuclear Power Startup Salt Granite Shale Basalt<br />

Case Growth Assumption Date Repository Repository Repository Repository<br />

1 Present Inventory Only 1990 2.85 2.91 2.86 2.97<br />

2010 4.19 4.25 4.20 4.31<br />

2030 7.61 7.67 7.61 7.72<br />

2 Present Capacity--Normal 1990 0.98 1.09 1.00 1.13<br />

Life 2010 1.45 1.56 1.47 1.60<br />

2030 2.01 2.13 2.04 2.17<br />

3 250 GWe System by Year 2000 1990 0.69 0.80 0.71 0.84<br />

and Normal Life 2010 1.07 1.18 1.09 1.22<br />

2030 1.31 1.42 1.34 1.46<br />

4 250 GWe System by Year 2000 2000 0.80 0.91 0.82 0.95<br />

and Steady State 2020 1.14 1.25 1.16 1.28<br />

5 500 GWe System by Year 2040 2000 0.74 0.84 0.76 0.88<br />

2020 1.10 1.20 1.12 1.24

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