The Economics of Long-term Operation of Nuclear Power Plants

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Foreword Acknowledgements Table of contents Executive summary Long-term operation of nuclear power plants in the world Regulatory and legal requirements for long-term operation in different countries Lifetime-limiting factors Economics of long-term operation of nuclear power plants Conclusions and recommendations Chapter 1. Overview of long-term operation programmes in the world Introduction Lifetime-limiting factors References Chapter 2. Regulatory and legal requirements for long-term operation in different countries Typical regulatory approaches for assurance of safety in long-term operation Safety level required for long-term operation Scope of the regulatory assessment for long-term operation Reference Chapter 3. Safety initiatives following the Fukushima Daiichi accident Nuclear Energy Agency European Union (EU) United States IAEA action plan Conclusions References Chapter 4. Economics of long-term operation: figures of merit Assessment criteria Methodology of criteria evaluation Summary of the methodology References Chapter 5. Assessment of long-term operation programmes in selected NEA countries: case studies Belgium Finland France Hungary Republic of Korea Switzerland United States Comparison with other cases Further plans for lifetime extension References Chapter 6. Summary of LTO programmes for selected countries that have not participated in the questionnaire Russian Federation Ukraine United Kingdom References Chapter 7. Summary and conclusions Appendix 1. Glossary Appendix 2. Members of the ad hoc expert working group