Guide for International Peer Reviews of Decommissioning Cost Studies for Nuclear Facilities

Peer reviews are a standard co-operative OECD working tool that offer member countries a framework to compare experiences and examine best practices in a host of areas. The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) has developed a proven methodology for conducting peer reviews in radioactive waste management...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Autores Corporativos: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (-), Nuclear Energy Agency
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Paris : OECD Publishing 2015.
Colección:Radioactive Waste Management,
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword 3 Acknowledgements 3 1. Introduction 7 -1.1 Objective 7 1.2 Scope 7 -1.3 International peer reviews under the aegis of the NEA 7 -1.4 Organisation of this report 8 2. Conducting international peer reviews 9 -2.1 Practical aspects 9 -2.2 The review process 10 3. Reviewing the contents of a cost study report 13 -3.1 Statement of the class of the estimate 13 -3.2 Purpose and scope identified 14 -3.3 Legal and regulatory framework for decommissioning 14 -3.4 Decommissioning strategy by phase 15 -3.5 Project management approach 16 -3.6 Assumptions 20 -3.7 Cost estimating methodology 22 -3.8 Physical description of the facility and characterisation data 23 -3.9 Quality of the data 26 -3.10 Dismantling sequence and approach 28 -3.11 Baseline schedule estimate 28 -3.12 Contingency 29 -3.13 Allowances 30 -3.14 Risk analysis 30 -3.15 Decommissioning techniques and technologies employed 31 -3.16 Baseline cost estimate 33 4. Comparing with other estimates – benchmarking 35 -4.1 Similar facilities – size and complexity 35 -4.2 Adjustments for year of expenditure 37 -4.3 Ten external factors for benchmarking 37 5. Conclusions 39 6. References 41 7. Further reading 43 8. List of abbreviations and acronyms 45 Appendix A – Peer review team qualifications 47