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Title: Economic Study of Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage and Reprocessing Practices in Russia

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/756558· OSTI ID:756558

This report describes a study of nuclear power economics in Russia. It addresses political and institutional background factors which constrain Russia's energy choices in the short and intermediate run. In the approach developed here, political and institutional factors might dominate short-term decisions, but the comparative costs of Russia's fuel-cycle options are likely to constrain her long-term energy strategy. To this end, the authors have also formulated a set of policy questions which should be addressed using a quantitative decision modeling which analyzes economic costs for all major components of different fuel cycle options, including the evolution of uranium prices.

Research Organization:
USDOE Idaho Operations Office, Idaho Falls, ID; Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL (US)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Research (ER) (US)
DOE Contract Number:
FC07-96ID13471
OSTI ID:
756558
Report Number(s):
DOE/ID/13471; TRN: US0004406
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 1 Oct 1997
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English