Kent Williams

Is carbon capture and storage really needed

If CO2 cannot be stored at profit, perhaps it is best to switch to low-carbon alternative energy post haste.

Advanced fuel cycle economic sensitivity analysis

A fuel cycle economic analysis was performed on four fuel cycles to provide a baseline for initial cost comparison using the Gen IV Economic Modeling Work Group G4 ECON spreadsheet model, Decision Programming Language software, the 2006 Advanced Fuel Cycle Cost Basis report, industry cost data, international papers, the nuclear power related cost study from MIT, Harvard, and the University of Chicago. The analysis developed and compared the fuel cycle cost component of the total cost of energy for a wide range of fuel cycles including: once through, thermal with fast recycle, continuous fast recycle, and thermal recycle.

Is nuclear power more competitive producing electricity or hydrogen

Steam methane reforming is the worlds dominant hydrogen production technology, using natural gas as both feedstock and fuel, but producing more than 9 kg of CO2 for each kilogram of H2. Natural gas prices between

Advanced Fuel Cycle Cost Basis – 2017 Edition

6 and

An Assessment of the Economics of Future Electric Power Generation Options and the Implications for Fusion

8/GJ yield an average hydrogen production cost between

Analysis of the Reuse of Uranium Recovered from the Reprocessing of Commercial LWR Spent Fuel

12 and

A Practical Solution to Used Nuclear Fuel Treatment to Enable Sustained Nuclear Energy and Recovery of Vital Materials

15/GJ, excluding the cost of CO2. High-temperature gas reactors, e.g. the modular helium reactor, can be configured to produce hydrogen using thermochemical processes with a projected average cost of

The G4-ECONS economic evaluation tool for generation IV reactor systems

15/GJ. Also, spent fuel from modular helium reactors is well suited for very long-term repository storage. However, natural gas prices of

Fuel Cycle System Analysis Handbook

8/GJ make electricity generation from modular helium reactors extremely competitive with respect to combined-cycle gas turbines. Therefore, the modular helium reactor is likely to be more profitable in electricity markets than in hydrogen markets under carbon restriction regimes.

Possible recycle of most components from LWR spent fuel including uranium, cladding and transuranium elements

.................................................................................................................................. iii PREFACE ........................................................................................................................................v SUMMARY .................................................................................................................................. vii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS .............................................................................................................xv ACRONYMS ............................................................................................................................... xxi NOMENCLATURE ....................................................................................................................xxv 1. INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................1 1.1 Background ...................................................................................................................1 1.2 Related Program Interfaces and Related Key Evaluations ...........................................2 1.3 NTRD Cost Basis .........................................................................................................3 1.4 Cost Module Description ..............................................................................................3 1.5 Structure of the Report ..................................................................................................5 2. NTRD COST BASIS DEVELOPMENT PROCESS .............................................................7 2.1 Process Description ......................................................................................................7 2.2 Fuel Cycle Data Collection ...........................................................................................8 2.3 Cost Data Normalization ..............................................................................................8 2.3.1 Government versus Private Facility Ownership ...............................................8 2.3.2 Technology Readiness Level (Program/Project R&D Status) ..........................8 2.3.3 Code of Accounts/Work Breakdown Structure ................................................8 2.3.4 Common Currency (U.S.