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In commercial nuclear power, there has always been a deliberate tension between the regulator and the utility owner. The regulator fundamentally exists to protect the worker, and the utility, to make a profit. It is a win-win balance.
From the U.S. nuclear industry has emerged a brilliantly successful occupational nuclear safety record—largely the result of an ALARA (as low as reasonably achievable) process that has driven exposure rates down to what only a decade ago would have been considered unthinkable. In the U.S. nuclear industry, the system has accomplished an excellent, nearly seamless process that succeeds to the benefit of both employee and utility owner.
Larry M. Girvin, Warren F. Witzig
Nuclear Technology | Volume 13 | Number 1 | January 1972 | Pages 53-64
Technical Paper | Economic | doi.org/10.13182/NT72-A31066
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A simplified nuclear fuel depletion model along with a unique economic model has been developed to perform nuclear fuel cost analyses. The depletion model is structured with a relatively inexpensive zero-dimensional depletion code (LEOPARD). In developing the economic model, particular recognition has been given to the utility accounting procedures, tax structure, and debt structure. The particular economic analysis demonstrated in this work has been limited to a small phase of the nuclear fuel cycle; however, additional work is being conducted to expand the basic concept to the entire fuel cycle. The economic model has shown great utility in analyzing the nuclear fuel leasing vs owning decision.
