Research Article
Technical Options and Cost Estimates for Spent Nuclear Fuel Management at the Barakah Nuclear Power Plants
Table 11
Definitions of variables and indexes in equations (
1) to (
6).
| | List of variables and indexes | | Index | Meaning |
| | Facility | | Transportation between facilities in nuclear power plant | | Nuclear power plant | | Time period | | Discount ratea,1 | | Year of construction start | | Year of operation start | | Year of operation end | | Final year of decommissioning | | Year of transportation start | | Year of transportation end | | Year of reference | | Final year of period reference | | Iinc esc | Incremental escalated rate | | Total fixed investment cost for facility type | | Total variable investment cost for facility type | | O&M cost per year | | Total cost of decommissioning | | Transportation cost | | Cask cost | | Load cost | | Capacity of facility | | Number of casks transported on year t per facility | | Number of casks loaded on year t per NPP | | Time period of facility construction | | Time period of facility decommissioning | | Iinf | General inflation rate |
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