Published 2006 | Version v1
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Economical viability of the nuclear option in Mexico

Creators

  • 1. Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Nucleares, Carretera mexico-Toluca s/n La Marquesa, Estado de Mexico 52750, Mexico (Mexico)

Description

Due to the high volatility of the gas prices and the concern for CO2 emissions, the nuclear option seems to be an option that needs to consider in a electricity expansion portfolio. In this paper a levelized electricity cost analysis is performed to compared different scenarios of electricity generation using combined cycles by using gas and nuclear power stations. The scenarios comprises different discount rates for the investment that goes from 5% to 12%, gas prices from 4.44 USD/mmBTU to 7 USD/mmBTU and overnight cost for Nuclear Power Plants from 1200 USD/kW to 1600 USD/kW. The overall cash flow including investment is analyzed during the whole life of the power plants to test the convenience of the best option in the long run

Part of:
Book of abstracts. Fifteenth Pacific basin nuclear conference

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
Australian Nuclear Association
Imprint Place
Sydney (Australia)
Imprint Title
Book of abstracts 15"t"h Pacific basin nuclear conference
Imprint Pagination
331 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 18

Conference

Title
15. Pacific basin nuclear conference
Dates
15-20 Oct 2006
Place
Sydney (Australia)

INIS

Country of Publication
Australia
Country of Input or Organization
Australia
INIS RN
38093301
Subject category
S29: ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference, Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST ESTIMATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; GAS COOLED REACTORS; MEXICO; NUCLEAR POWER; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
Descriptors DEC
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; INDUSTRY; LATIN AMERICA; NORTH AMERICA; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; POWER; POWER PLANTS; PUBLIC UTILITIES; REACTORS; THERMAL POWER PLANTS

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