Question: A nuclear power plant, whose capital cost has been fully repaid, operates with a total of 200000 kg of uranium in its reactor core, which

A nuclear power plant, whose capital cost has been fully repaid, operates with a total of 200000 kg of uranium in its reactor core, which has a U235 concentration of 2.8 %. Each year 1/3 of the reactor fuel is replaced at a cost of $42 million/year. The facility also incurs $110 million/year in nonfuel operating and maintenance cost. The generator is 98 % efficient and assume that all energy released in nuclear fission is transferred to the working fluid and that due to various losses, the actual Rankine cycle used achieves 90 % of its ideal efficiency. The ideal efficiency of the cycle is 37.5 %. Calculate the cost per kWh of production for this plant.

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