Richard Wilson - Table 1

Table 1: Uranium supplies (from reference 8); resource data plotted on Figure 2.

Uranium price
($/lb U3O8 )

Resource
(tonnes)

Cost increase (cents/kWh)

Electricity generated
(GWe/yr)

LWR

Breeder

LWR

Breeder

8 (base)

594 000

0.0

0.0

3 470

460 000

10

940 000

0.01

0.0

5 500

720 000

15

1 450 000

0.04

0.0

8 480

1 120 000

30

2 240 000

0.13

0.0

13 100

1 720 000

50

10 000 000

0.25

0.0

58 300

7 700 000

100

25 000 000

0.55

0.0

146 000

19 200 000

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Uranium price ($/lb U3O8 )	Resource (tonnes)	Cost increase (cents/kWh)			Electricity generated (GWe/yr)
		LWR		Breeder	LWR		Breeder

8 (base)	594 000	0.0	0.0		3 470	460 000
10	940 000	0.01	0.0		5 500	720 000
15	1 450 000	0.04	0.0		8 480	1 120 000
30	2 240 000	0.13	0.0		13 100	1 720 000
50	10 000 000	0.25	0.0		58 300	7 700 000
100	25 000 000	0.55	0.0		146 000	19 200 000