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SEVERAL REMARKS ON THE FUEL CYCLE ECONOMY

Roman Kubín, Rudolf Vespalec

ALTA, a.s.

CZECH REPUBLIC

17th AER Symposium - September 2007, Yalta

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Fuel Cycle Economy -17th AER Symposium, Yalta 2007

• FUEL PROCUREMENT – contract for fuel supply and associated services

• FUEL FEATURES AND LIMITS – safety/licensing/operating limits

• VENDOR´S SERVICES AND ASSISTANCE –documents or direct assistance

• QUALITY ASSURANCE- vendor´s QA, information databases

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Fuel cycle Economy -17th AER Symposium, Yalta 2007

• TYPE OF THE CONTRACT – fabrication, turn-key

• FINANCIAL PROVISIONS – production schedule and payment regime, leading times

• FINAL PRICE – reference date, escalation formula

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Fuel cycle Economy – 17th AER Symposium, Yalta 2007

• FUEL LIMITS – safety, licensing, operating limits vs future customer´s fuel cycle technology

• CORE PATTERNS – neutron economy, operating flexibility, the first loading pattern

• SAFETY ASSESSMENT – engineering coefficients, inaccuracies and errors

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Fuel Cycle Economy – 17th AER Symposium, Yalta 2007

• VENDOR´S INVOLVEMENT – fuel substantiation and justification, licensing safety analyses, trial operation

• DOCUMENTS – instructions for handling and use, licensing support

• ASSISTANCE –technical support or work management, shipment arrangement

• POST-SUPPLY SERVICES - feedback

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Fuel cycle economy – 17th AER Symposium, Yalta 2007

• QA AND INFORMATION – vendor´s QA system and information, production process monitoring

• FUEL WARRANTIES – mechanical limits, remedies, leakage monitoring

• DATABASES – production, physical, operating, failure analysis

• OPERATING RESULTS

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Fuel Cycle Economy – 17th AER Symposium, Yalta 2007

• FUEL CYCLE PROCUREMENT AND FUEL CYCLE TECHNOLOGY

• FUEL CONTRACT EVALUATION – a set of characteristics for vendor choice (safety, operating, financial)

• FINAL CRITERIA – the price of produced/sold electricity, consumption of uranium