In the whole of Europe, only mines in the Czech
nuclear power is more expensive than traditional sources
economics of nuclear power plant or in general any plant.
Nuclear Energy is Bad
1. Nuclear meltdowns can kill
thousands : 57 nuclear accidents since 1986, averaging out to just over two
nuclear accidents each year.
2. 4,000 fatalities in the Chernobyl disaster.
3. 600,000 people still suffering from the effects of Chernobyl.
4. 8,015 overall deaths from the Kytshym disaster.
5. 35 deaths from the Windscale fire.
6. 181 other deaths from accidents in nuclear plants around the world.
7. Nuclear explosions can permanently damage DNA.
8. In 2011, 15 years after the Chernobyl disaster, wolf carcasses were tested for radiation and revealed that the wolves had extremely high levels of radiation. So high that they shouldn’t have been touched with bare human hands.
9. Birth defects in wolves around Chernobyl have nearly doubled since 1986.
10. The waste from nuclear power plants will be toxic to humans for 100,000 years after it is released.
11. There are at least eight relatively easy ways to cause a nuclear meltdown. This is an easy act of terrorism.
12. Living near a nuclear plant can increase the risk of childhood leukemia and other forms of cancer even if there is no meltdown.
13. There are not enough sites safe from earthquakes, tsunamis, and other natural disasters to operate safe nuclear power plants.
14. Even if there were enough feasible sites for nuclear plants, our uranium would be depleted in less than ten years.
2. 4,000 fatalities in the Chernobyl disaster.
3. 600,000 people still suffering from the effects of Chernobyl.
4. 8,015 overall deaths from the Kytshym disaster.
5. 35 deaths from the Windscale fire.
6. 181 other deaths from accidents in nuclear plants around the world.
7. Nuclear explosions can permanently damage DNA.
8. In 2011, 15 years after the Chernobyl disaster, wolf carcasses were tested for radiation and revealed that the wolves had extremely high levels of radiation. So high that they shouldn’t have been touched with bare human hands.
9. Birth defects in wolves around Chernobyl have nearly doubled since 1986.
10. The waste from nuclear power plants will be toxic to humans for 100,000 years after it is released.
11. There are at least eight relatively easy ways to cause a nuclear meltdown. This is an easy act of terrorism.
12. Living near a nuclear plant can increase the risk of childhood leukemia and other forms of cancer even if there is no meltdown.
13. There are not enough sites safe from earthquakes, tsunamis, and other natural disasters to operate safe nuclear power plants.
14. Even if there were enough feasible sites for nuclear plants, our uranium would be depleted in less than ten years.
India
1. Capital costs (Overnight Capital cost)
2. O & M costs
3. Fuel cost
4. Construction time
5. Levelized cost of generation (assessment parameter)
6. Economic life time of the project.
7. Discount Rate
8. Decommissioning costs
Example :: Real Example
Field
|
Units
|
Sum
of annual construction costs
|
Rs
1816 Crore
(Without IDC) |
Capacity
|
440 MW
|
Auxiliary
consumption
|
12
%
|
Economic
lifetime
|
40 years
|
Uranium
fuel price
|
Rs
16450 /kg
|
Initial
Uranium loading
|
111.6 tonnes
|
Uranium
consumption
|
2.05E-05
kg/kwh
|
Heavy
water price
|
Rs 24880 / kg
|
Initial
heavy water loading
|
420
tonnes
|
Heavy
water losses
|
14000 kg/ year
|
Transport
of spent fuel
|
878
Rs/ kg
|
Decommissioning
cost
|
10% of capital cost
|
Operation
and Maintenance
|
2%
of the capital cost
|
Per plant : $300 million to $500 million—includes estimated radiological, used fuel ($100 million) and site restoration costs (about $300 million).
Items
|
2006
|
2016*
|
2021*
|
Total
Installed Capacity in GW
|
134.7
|
303
|
425-488
|
Nuclear
Capacity in GW
|
4.12
|
15
|
30
|
Nuclear
as a % of total
|
3.06%
|
4.95%
|
6.74%
|
1,000 MWe BWR or PWR, the approximate cost
of fuel for one reload (replacing one third of the core) is about $40 million,
based on an 18-month refueling cycle.
The average fuel cost at a nuclear power
plant in 2014 was 0.76 cents / kWh.
How much does it cost to build a
nuclear power plant?
Between 2002 and 2008, for example,
cost estimates for new nuclear plant construction rose from between $2
billion and $4 billion per unit to $9 billion per unit,
according to a 2009 UCS report, while experience with new construction in
Europe has seen costs continue to soar.
