Impact of the Taxes on Used Nuclear Fuel on the Fuel Cycle Economics in Spain

B. Yolanda Moratilla Soria, Rosario Ruiz-Sánchez, Mathilde Estadieu, Borja Belda-Sánchez, Cristina Cordón-Peralta, Paula Martín-Cañas, Laura Rodriguez-Penalonga, M. Del Mar Cledera-Castro, M. Ana Sáenz-Nuño and Carlos Morales-Polo
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B. Yolanda Moratilla Soria: Cátedra Rafael Mariño de Nuevas Tecnologías Energéticas, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Industriales—ICAI, Universidad P. Comillas, Alberto Aguilera 25, 28015 Madrid, Spain
Rosario Ruiz-Sánchez: Cátedra Rafael Mariño de Nuevas Tecnologías Energéticas, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Industriales—ICAI, Universidad P. Comillas, Alberto Aguilera 25, 28015 Madrid, Spain
Mathilde Estadieu: Cátedra Rafael Mariño de Nuevas Tecnologías Energéticas, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Industriales—ICAI, Universidad P. Comillas, Alberto Aguilera 25, 28015 Madrid, Spain
Borja Belda-Sánchez: Cátedra Rafael Mariño de Nuevas Tecnologías Energéticas, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Industriales—ICAI, Universidad P. Comillas, Alberto Aguilera 25, 28015 Madrid, Spain
Cristina Cordón-Peralta: Cátedra Rafael Mariño de Nuevas Tecnologías Energéticas, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Industriales—ICAI, Universidad P. Comillas, Alberto Aguilera 25, 28015 Madrid, Spain
Paula Martín-Cañas: Cátedra Rafael Mariño de Nuevas Tecnologías Energéticas, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Industriales—ICAI, Universidad P. Comillas, Alberto Aguilera 25, 28015 Madrid, Spain
Laura Rodriguez-Penalonga: Cátedra Rafael Mariño de Nuevas Tecnologías Energéticas, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Industriales—ICAI, Universidad P. Comillas, Alberto Aguilera 25, 28015 Madrid, Spain
M. Del Mar Cledera-Castro: Cátedra Rafael Mariño de Nuevas Tecnologías Energéticas, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Industriales—ICAI, Universidad P. Comillas, Alberto Aguilera 25, 28015 Madrid, Spain
M. Ana Sáenz-Nuño: Cátedra Rafael Mariño de Nuevas Tecnologías Energéticas, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Industriales—ICAI, Universidad P. Comillas, Alberto Aguilera 25, 28015 Madrid, Spain
Carlos Morales-Polo: Cátedra Rafael Mariño de Nuevas Tecnologías Energéticas, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Industriales—ICAI, Universidad P. Comillas, Alberto Aguilera 25, 28015 Madrid, Spain

Energies, 2015, vol. 8, issue 2, 1-14

Abstract: In 2013, the Spanish government created two new taxes on used nuclear fuel. This article aims to present the results of an economic study carried out to compare the costs of long-term storage of used nuclear fuel – open cycle strategy –, with the cost of the strategy of reprocessing and recycling used fuel– closed cycle strategy – taking into account the impact of the new taxes on the global cost of the fuel cycle. The results show that the costs of open-cycle and closed-cycle spent fuel management, evaluated in Spain after the introduction of the taxes, are sufficiently similar (within the bounds of uncertainty), that the choice between both is predicated on other than purely economic criteria.

Keywords: reprocessing; deep geological repository (DGR); mixed oxide (MOX) fuel; nuclear fuel cycle; high level waste; spent fuel management; once-through (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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