The cost of nuclear electricity: France after Fukushima
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2015-12-10T07:44:06Z
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2015-12-10T07:44:06Z
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2014
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0301-4215
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The Fukushima disaster has lead the French government to release novel cost information relative to its nuclear electricity program allowing us to compute a levelized cost. We identify a modest escalation of capital cost and a larger than expected operational cost. Under the best scenario, the cost of French nuclear power over the last four decades is 59. €/MWh (at 2010 prices) while in the worst case it is 83. €/MWh. On the basis of these findings, we estimate the future cost of nuclear power in France to be at least 76. €/MWh and possibly 117. €/MWh. A comparison with the US confirms that French nuclear electricity nevertheless remains cheaper. Comparisons with coal, natural gas and wind power are carried out to find the advantage of these
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Financial support from Generalitat de Catalunya (XREPP), Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad and Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovaci-n (contract ECO2010-16353) are gratefully acknowledged. This paper was revised during a summer visit at the Australian National University in 2013
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eng
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Elsevier
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Reproducció digital del document publicat a: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2013.11.037
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© Energy Policy, vol. 66, p. 450-461
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The cost of nuclear electricity: France after Fukushima
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info:eu-repo/date/embargoEnd/2026-01-01
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019737
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