The Economics of Long-term Operation of Nuclear Power Plants

Foreword
Acknowledgements
Table of contents
Executive summary
	Long-term operation of nuclear power plants in the world
	Regulatory and legal requirements for long-term operation in different countries
	Lifetime-limiting factors
	Economics of long-term operation of nuclear power plants
	Conclusions and recommendations
Chapter 1. Overview of long-term operation programmes in the world
	Introduction
	Lifetime-limiting factors
	References
Chapter 2. Regulatory and legal requirements for long-term operation in different countries
	Typical regulatory approaches for assurance of safety in long-term operation
	Safety level required for long-term operation
	Scope of the regulatory assessment for long-term operation
	Reference
Chapter 3. Safety initiatives following the Fukushima Daiichi accident
	Nuclear Energy Agency
	European Union (EU)
	United States
	IAEA action plan
	Conclusions
	References
Chapter 4. Economics of long-term operation: figures of merit
	Assessment criteria
	Methodology of criteria evaluation
	Summary of the methodology
	References
Chapter 5. Assessment of long-term operation programmes in selected NEA countries: case studies
	Belgium
	Finland
	France
	Hungary
	Republic of Korea
	Switzerland
	United States
	Comparison with other cases
	Further plans for lifetime extension
	References
Chapter 6. Summary of LTO programmes for selected countries that have not participated in the questionnaire
	Russian Federation
	Ukraine
	United Kingdom
	References
Chapter 7. Summary and conclusions
Appendix 1. Glossary
Appendix 2. Members of the ad hoc expert working group