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To: thackney

Sure, link would be good.


47 posted on 03/15/2012 9:26:49 AM PDT by Lorianne (fedgov, taxporkmoney)
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To: Lorianne

Sure, link would be good.

Table 8.2 Cost and performance characteristics of new central station electricity generating technologies
http://www.eia.gov/forecasts/aeo/assumptions/pdf/electricity.pdf#page=5

Even ignoring the near double price to build nuclear over a new scrubbed coal unit:

Based upon a 1,000 MW Power Plant running full time for a year, you have significant savings on the fuel, which is much (but not all) the O&M variable cost.

Coal = $36,792,000
Nuke = $17,520,000

But the fixed cost to operate a Nuclear plant is so much more, that it overwhelms the savings in fuel.

Coal = $ 29,310,000
Nuke = $ 87,690,000

Total operating cost per year

Coal = $ 66,102,000
Nuke = $ 105,210,000

Now add in the cost of an extra couple billion of a new nuke versus an new coal plant.


52 posted on 03/15/2012 11:21:13 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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