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Analysis of the cost-effectiveness of low-capacity nuclear power plants

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Autonomous low-capacity nuclear power plants are best suited as reliable sources of power in remote regions which are difficult to reach. This article presents a complete study of the cost-effectiveness of low-capacity nuclear power plants and possible ways to increase it. The economic acceptability of an almost two-fold increase of the run time of KLT-40S and ABV-6 reactors by switching to UO2 with a larger load is analyzed. The possible organizational and economic mechanisms for implementing low-capacity nuclear-power designs are determined. At the present time, the optimal organizational form for implementing low-capacity nuclear power projects is a public-private partnership. The financial and economic instruments which work effectively within the framework of state-private partnership and which take account of the specific nature of nuclear technology are licensing and the construction-transfer-operation arrangement.

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  1. Obninsk State Technical University of Atomic Energy, Russia

    A. G. Ishekov & D. A. Klinov

  2. Russian Science Center Kurchatov Institute, Russia

    L. S. Smirnova, S. A. Subbotin & T. D. Shchepetina

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Translated from Atomnaya Énergiya, Vol. 102, No. 6, pp. 331–336, June, 2007.

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Ishekov, A.G., Klinov, D.A., Smirnova, L.S. et al. Analysis of the cost-effectiveness of low-capacity nuclear power plants. At Energy 102, 409–415 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10512-007-0065-4

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