Published November 1987 | Version v1
Journal article

Economic relationships and coherence in the nuclear fuel cycle

Creators

  • 1. Electricite de France, 75 - Paris

Description

The nuclear fuel cycle extends over a great number of years and results in wastes over a very distant future. The effort to find a better overall cost situation entails the necessity of coherence in the decisions, but economic theory has difficulty in mastering, at the same time, all the short and long term aspects, political dangers and aggressions against the environment which, in this case, are considered in a geological time scale

Abstract (French)

Le cycle du combustible s'etend sur un grand nombre d'annees et produit des dechets pour un futur tres eloigne. L'optimisation des couts entraine la necessite de coherence dans les decisions, mais les theories economiques maitrisent mal en meme temps les aspects a court et a long term, les dangers politiques et les effets sur l'environnement a l'echelle des temps geologiques

Additional details

Additional titles

Original title (French)
Relations et coherences economiques dans le cycle du combustible nucleaire

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Rev. Energ.
Journal Volume
38
Journal Issue
397
Series
Rev. Energ.
Journal Page Range
588-601
ISSN
0303-240X
CODEN
REEND

INIS

Country of Publication
France
Country of Input or Organization
France
INIS RN
19047282
Subject category
S11: NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS;
Descriptors DEI
ECONOMICS; FUEL CYCLE; OPTIMIZATION