Economics of 10 CFR Part 61

The NRC staff has evaluated the economic impacts of the requirements of 10 CFR Part 61. Based on our evaluation the increase in the cost of producing nuclear power will increase by about 0.1 percent or 0.01 mills per kilowatt hour over the next twenty years. The total cost of complying with the requirements of 10 CFR Part 61 is about 4 percent of the total estimated waste disposal costs for the next twenty years. Lastly, the increase in occupation exposure is about 1 percent of the average dose received at an average Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) power plant and 0.5 percent for an average Boiling Water Reactor (BWR) power plant