Dynamic Analysis of a Pyroprocessing Coupled SFR Fuel Recycling

Table 4

Levelized cost components (unit: mills/kWh).

Component		OT		Pyro-SFR
		Cost	Share	Cost	Share
Capital cost		35.05	49.49%	36.60	50.13%
O&M		22.80	32.19%	24.31	33.30%
	Uranium	9.32	73.40%	8.06	68.08%
	Conversion	0.23	1.80%	0.21	1.80%
	Enrichment	2.19	17.28%	2.05	17.29%
	PWR fuel fabrication	0.55	4.36%	0.52	4.36%
	SFR fuel fabrication	—	—	0.33	2.79%
	Subtotal for front-end	12.29	96.84%	11.17	94.32%
LFCC	Transport and dry storage	0.32	2.53%	0.13	1.14%
	Pyroprocessing	—	—	0.50	4.21%
	Decay storage (Cs/Sr)	—	—	0.04	0.33%
	Packaging cost	0.07	0.57%	0.00	0.00%
	Disposal underground cost	0.01	0.07%	0.00	0.00%
	Subtotal for back end	0.40	3.16%	0.67	5.68%
	LFCC total	12.69	100.00%	11.84	100.00%
D&D		0.28	0.40%	0.26	0.36%
LGC total		70.82	100.00%	73.02	100.00%