Conceptual Engineering of CARA Fuel Element with Negative Void Coefficient for Atucha II

Table 3

Data used for cost evaluation.

Core data
U inventory	88.74 tn
Thermal power	2160 MW
Refuelling zones	451-continuum
Load factor	95%
Thermal efficiency	35%
Cost data
Item	Cost (Time required)
U3O8	70 U$S/KgU (2.5 years)
UF6 Conversion	8 U$S/KgU (2 years)
Enrichment	140 U$S/KgU (1.5 year)
UO2 conversion	8 U$S/KgU (1 year)
Cladding-assembling	250 U$S/KgU (0.5 years)
Discount rate	8%
First core amortization	30 years