Document: NUREG-1555
Document ID: fd0b81d6-e26e-4e65-8f2d-2eb030d55d75
Document Type: esrp
Title: ASSESSMENT OF ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES AND SYSTEMS
Source: NUREG-1555
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1555/initial/
Revision Date: 2007-10
Chapter: 9
Section ID: 9.2.3
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ental Cost and Health Effects Comparisons (Environmental Preference Screen) Category Alternatives Nuclear Coal (Others) Land Use (preferred, equivalent, inferior) Station (total area) Facilities Ponds Fuel storage Waste storage or disposal Waste disposal, offsite Transmission corridors Access roads or other Offsite facilities Water Use (preferred, equivalent, inferior) Withdrawal rate (m3/sec) Consumption (m3/sec) Return rate (m3/sec) Physical impacts Releases to Atmosphere (preferred, equivalent, inferior) TSP (kg/hr) SOx (kg/hr) NOx (kg/hr) VOC (kg/hr) CO2 (kg/hr) Radioactive material (Ci/yr) Releases to Water (preferred, equivalent, inferior) Cooling-system chemicals (kg/hr) Fuel-treatment chemicals (kg/hr) FGD chemicals (kg/hr) Radioactive material (Ci/yr) Table 9.2.3-1. (contd) Category Alternatives Nuclear Coal (Others) NUREG-1555 9.2.3-12 October 1999 Fuel Cycle (preferred, equivalent, inferior) Fuel consumed (kg/hr) FGD materials (kg/hr) Ash (kg/hr) Fuel transportation Waste material Solid waste (railcars/yr) Nuclear wastes (truckloads/yr) Social Effects (preferred, equivalent, inferior) Construction Physical effects (list and quantify) Community impacts (list and quantify) Transportation Aesthetics Other Operations Physical effects (list and quantify) Community impacts (list and quantify) Transportation Aesthetics Other Health Effects (preferred, equivalent, inferior) Overall Environmental Preference (preferable, equivalent, inferior) October 1999 9.2.3-13 NUREG-1555 Table 9.2.3-2. Evaluation of Alternatives Categorical Alternatives Nuclear Coal (Others) Environmental preference (preferred, equivalent, inferior) Economic cost Annualized capital cost (mills/kWh) Operations and maintenance cost (mills/kWh) Total cost NUREG-1555 9.2.3-14 October 1999 Table 9.2.3-3. Cost Information for Nuclear and Alternative Power Generation Methods 1. Interest during construction %/year, compound rate 5. Escalation rates Purchased equipment %/year Site labor %/year Materials