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Ore cost has a negligible impact on total kWh cost in the nuclear sector
I thought this also.  but one of the wsj articles said it represented 25% of the cost.  I'm assuming they are wrong.
by wchurchill on Tue Mar 6th, 2007 at 12:05:20 PM EST
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They are.

Maybe 25 % of O&M costs, but capital dominates nuclear power. Fuel is 5 % of the cost and one third of that is ore, one third is enrichment and one third is fuel element manufacture.

Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.

by Starvid (arvid.hallen at gmail.com) on Tue Mar 6th, 2007 at 01:05:19 PM EST
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