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Table A8.2 – Expected lower and upper bounds to unit costs for specific fuel cycle activities a<br />

Parameter Unit Lower bound Upper bound Description<br />

Cost U USD/kg U 3 O 8 20 80 Unit cost <strong>of</strong> natural uranium<br />

Cost Uconv USD/kg U 3 8 Unit cost <strong>of</strong> conversion<br />

Cost Uenr USD/SWU 80 120 Unit cost <strong>of</strong> enrichment<br />

Cost UOXfab USD/kg UOX 200 300 Unit cost <strong>of</strong> UOX fuel fabrication<br />

Cost MOXfab USD/kg MOX 1 000 1 500 Unit cost <strong>of</strong> MOX fuel fabrication<br />

Cost UOXrepro USD/kg HM 500 900 Unit cost <strong>of</strong> UOX fuel reprocessing (as long as percentage <strong>of</strong> MOX-fuel is<br />

less than 20-30%)<br />

Cost MOXrepro USD/kg MOX 500 900 Unit cost <strong>of</strong> MOX fuel reprocessing<br />

Cost UOXIntstore USD/kg UOX 100 300 Unit cost <strong>of</strong> UOX fuel interim storage (2 years)<br />

Cost UOXgeo USD/kg UOX 300 600 Unit cost <strong>of</strong> UOX fuel geological disposal<br />

Cost HLWgeo USD/kg UOX 80 200 Unit cost <strong>of</strong> HLW geological disposal<br />

Cost FR-MOXfab USD/kg MOX 1 200 2 000 Unit cost <strong>of</strong> FR-MOX fuel fabrication (including fertile blankets)<br />

Cost FR-MOXrepro USD/kg MOX 1 000 2 000 Unit cost <strong>of</strong> FR-MOX reprocessing (+200 to 300 USD/kg FR-MOX for blankets)<br />

a. Note that some values were converted from Euro to USD, assumusing that 1 € = 1 USD.<br />

In the present study, nuclear fuel cycle costs were provided by respondents to the questionnaire directly<br />

in NCU per kWh at 5% and 10% discount rates.<br />

References<br />

IAEA and NEA (2004), Uranium 2003: Resources, Production and Demand, <strong>OECD</strong>, Paris, France.<br />

IEA (2004), World <strong>Energy</strong> Outlook 2004, <strong>OECD</strong>/IEA, Paris, France.<br />

NEA (2002), Trends in the <strong>Nuclear</strong> Fuel Cycle, <strong>OECD</strong>, Paris, France.<br />

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