1 31 st USAEE/IAEE North American Conference Online Proceedings (Poster) i. Title of poster: Investigating the Economic Viability of Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) ii. Authors and their organizational affiliation: Ahmed Abdulla Inês L. Azevedo Granger Morgan Carnegie Mellon University iii. Complete contact details for the lead author/student Ahmed Abdulla Ph.D. Student Carnegie Mellon University 129 Baker Hall, Department of Engineering and Public Policy 5000 Forbes Avenue, Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213 E-mail address: [email protected]
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31st USAEE/IAEE North American Conference Online Proceedings (Poster)
i. Title of poster: Investigating the Economic Viability of Small Modular Reactors (SMRs)
ii. Authors and their organizational affiliation: Ahmed Abdulla Inês L. Azevedo Granger Morgan Carnegie Mellon University
iii. Complete contact details for the lead author/student Ahmed Abdulla Ph.D. Student Carnegie Mellon University 129 Baker Hall, Department of Engineering and Public Policy 5000 Forbes Avenue, Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213 E-mail address: [email protected]
! !Overnight cost estimates elicited from each expert for each of the five scenarios. The solid horizontal line is the EIA’s 2011 estimate of the overnight cost of a dual-unit power plant ($5,300/kWe). The dashed line is an estimate of Gen III+ overnight cost made by a 2011 Argonne/Chicago/Stanford study ($4,200/kWe). The dotted line is the “common
assumption” of Gen III+ overnight cost made at the start of the twenty-first century, adjusted to 2011$ using the Power Capital Cost Index (PCCI) and the Consumer Price Index (CPI)!($2,500/kWe). Note that these three estimates include owner’s cost. Expert L provided estimates that included owner’s cost.
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“Common assumption” of Gen III+ costs at the dawn of the nuclear revival [6] 2011 estimate of Gen III+ costs: Argonne National Labs/Chicago/Stanford [7]
2011 estimate of Gen III+ costs: Energy Information Administration [8]
!Overnight project cost (in millions of dollars) for the four SMR scenarios under investigation. Expert L provided estimates that included owner’s cost