Prospective benefits analysis of the DOE Nuclear Energy portfolio: NE R&D program data assumptions, approach, & results

Advanced Fuel Cycle Economic Tools, Algorithms, and Methodologies

“…To ensure ETP's solution for future nuclear market in the U.S. Region to be consistent with that of the U.S. MARKAL, critical input data based on Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Nuclear Energy (NE) Government Performance Results Act of 1993 (GPRA) analysis (Bhatt, et al 2006) and the sample AFCI case (McCarthy 2007), were used to update the ETP Base Case.…”

“…A cap on carbon emissions implies a cost penalty on electricity-generating technologies that emit carbon, thus increasing the relative cost of these technologies relative to zero carbon-emitting technologies, such as nuclear generation. In U.S. MARKAL for DOE NE GPRA analysis, the nuclear market expands under a "Carbon Cap" scenario (Bhatt, et al 2006). …”