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TABLE A.9.4c. Repository Media Effect on Total-System <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>Management</strong> Unit Costs(a) with the Reprocessing Cycle Using a<br />

10% Discount Rate<br />

mills/kWh<br />

Nuclear Power Reprocessing Repository Salt Granite Shale Basalt<br />

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

1 Present Inventory Only NA(b) NA NA NA NA NA<br />

2 Present Capacity--Normal Life NA NA NA NA NA NA<br />

3 250 GWe System by Year 2000 1990 1990 0.68 0.74 0.76 0.77<br />

and Normal Life<br />

and Normal Life 1990 2010 0.60 0.61 0.61 0.62<br />

2010 2010 0.59 0.59 0.59 0.60<br />

1990 2030 0.63 0.63 0.63 0.63<br />

2010 2030 0.62 0.62 0.62 0.62<br />

4 250 GWe System by Year 2000 2000 2000 0.63 0.66 0.66 0.66<br />

and Steady StateS2000 2020 0.63 0.64 0.64 0.64<br />

5 500 GWe System by Year 2040 2000 2000 0.63 0.65 0.65 0.66<br />

(a) Includes spent fuel handling and storage.<br />

(b) NA = not applicable.<br />

2000 2020 0.62 0.63 0.63 0.63

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