RECENT IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ADVANCED FUEL CYCLE COST BASIS REPORT

摘要

This paper provides a summary of some of the recentupdates to the Advanced Fuel Cycle Cost Basis Report(CBR), performed since the latest public release of thedocument in February 2018. The objective of the updatesis primarily to improve the cost basis for facilities thathave the biggest impact on the economic performance offuel cycles, and for which the costs are currentlyinsufficiently understood. The paper is focused on thefollowing areas:1. Bottom-up derivation of the construction cost of aLWR-UOX fabrication facility.2. Bottom-up derivation of the construction cost of aLWR-MOX fabrication facility.3. Improvements to the F2D2 module onelectrochemical separation and remote fuelfabrication.4. New chapter describing which fuel cycle modulescontribute most to cost of electricity across fuel cycleoptions.