Decomissioning Module Plan Text: The USFG should prohibit the production of nuclear power by ceasing all upgrade and new plant construction licenses. Lovins 13 [Amory; (2013) The economics of a US civilian nuclear phase-out, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 69:2, 44-65, DOI: [Premier] 10.1177/0096340213478000] no further Using the Nuclear Regulatory Information Digest report on current plant licenses and generation capacity, this path assumes that Commission’s 2012”2013 uprates will be approved or further licenses renewed. It assumes completion of the four new units mentioned above, plus two Tennessee Valley 52 Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists 69(2) Downloaded by [University of Minnesota Libraries, Twin Cities] at 21:17 08 August 2016 Authority units that began construction in The entire US nuclear fleet would retire by 2050 as all plants are closed at age 60 1972 and 1974. . Transform. and the final 2 gigawatts are retired in 2050. topical-gradual decommissioning is normal means-we obviously just cold It’s can’t stop reactors Plan uniquely solves-avoids massive costs Lovins 13 [Amory; (2013) The economics of a US civilian nuclear phase-out, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 69:2, 44-65, DOI: [Premier] 10.1177/0096340213478000] Phasing out existing nuclear plants as just sketched could potentially avoid many costs. Some of costs will exceed historic averages if aging effects, prove real. Subject to that those not yet fully understood, uncertainty, not running nuclear plants can avoid fuel purchases, routine operation and maintenance costs, major repairs or retrofits and paying to relicense plants not yet (net capital additions), approved to run for an extra 20 years. Phase-out reduces waste-management burdens also proportionately 32 and decommissioning costs these potential somewhat reduces (but may increase their present value by incurring them sooner). Figure 3 summarizes gross savings, total on the order of $0.4 trillion to $0.5 trillion. which
Decomissioning Module Plan Text: The USFG should prohibit the production of nuclear power by ceasing all upgrade and new plant construction licenses. Lovins 13 [Amory; (2013) The economics of a US civilian nuclear phase-out, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 69:2, 44-65, DOI: 10.1177/0096340213478000] [Premier] Using the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s 2012”2013 Information Digest report on current plant licenses and generation capacity, this path assumes that no further uprates will be approved or further licenses renewed. It assumes completion of the four new units mentioned above, plus two Tennessee Valley 52 Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists 69(2) Downloaded by [University of Minnesota Libraries, Twin Cities] at 21:17 08 August 2016 Authority units that began construction in 1972 and 1974. . Transform. The entire US nuclear fleet would retire by 2050 as all plants are closed at age 60 and the final 2 gigawatts are retired in 2050. It’s topical-gradual decommissioning is normal means-we obviously can’t just cold stop reactors Plan uniquely solves-avoids massive costs Lovins 13 [Amory; (2013) The economics of a US civilian nuclear phase-out, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 69:2, 44-65, DOI: 10.1177/0096340213478000] [Premier] Phasing out existing nuclear plants as just sketched could potentially avoid many costs. Some of those costs will exceed historic averages if aging effects, not yet fully understood, prove real. Subject to that uncertainty, not running nuclear plants can avoid fuel purchases, routine operation and maintenance costs, major repairs or retrofits (net capital additions), and paying to relicense plants not yet approved to run for an extra 20 years. Phase-out also proportionately reduces waste-management burdens 32 and somewhat reduces decommissioning costs (but may increase their present value by incurring them sooner). Figure 3 summarizes these potential gross savings, which total on the order of $0.4 trillion to $0.5 trillion.