Economic Evaluation on the MOX Fuel in the Closed Fuel Cycle

Table 4

The price of processing techniques and its change interval in the fuel cycle.

Items	Unit ($/kgHM)		Time lag (month)	Material loss (%)
	Current level	Reference change interval
Price of original uranium	109.2	80~300	−18
Price of chemical conversion	9.23	6.42~12.84	−12	0.5
Price of UO2 fuel fabrication	275	200~350	−6	1.0
Price of UO2 spent fuel reprocessing	2107	940~3712	−24	0.5
Price of reprocessed uranium (RU)	20	0~100	−24
Price of plutonium storage/$/kgy	1200	1000~1300	−24~−6
Price of tails	12	7~36	−12
Price of depleted uranium	6	0~100	−12
Price of MOX fuel fabrication for PWR	2215	838~2754	−6	0.5
Price of MOX fuel fabrication for FBR	2400	1435~3350	−6	0.5
Price of blanket fuel fabrication for FBR	275	200~350	−6	0.5
Price of MOX spent fuel storage	470	360~580	54
Price of recycled plutonium from FBR	2347	1060~4072	60
Discount rate	5%	2%~8%