Research Article
Technical Options and Cost Estimates for Spent Nuclear Fuel Management at the Barakah Nuclear Power Plants
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Summarized comparison with other case studies.
| | | Reference year | Inflation rate | Escalated rate | Discount rate | No. of operation options | Cost category |
| | This case study | 2020 | 1.2 | 3 | 1.5 | 15 | 6 | | Al Saadi [3] | 2014 | NC | NC | 5% | 2 | 2 | | Penalonga [5] | 2017 | NC | NC | 1.5 | 4 | 6 | | Aubert [28] | 2005 | 2 | NC | 3 | 2 | 5 | | Penalonga [31] | 2017 | NC | NC | 1.5 | 4 | 6 | | Maxwell [50] | 2017 | 2 | 3 | 2.1 | 4 | 4 | | Hyung [51] | 2014 | NC | NC | NC | 8 | 5 |
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