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| Table 2: Cost of nuclear energy in 1971 from Virginia Power & Light (from reference 8) . | ||
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Description | Coal | Nuclear |
| Unit investment cost of plant (US$/kW). |
202 |
255 |
| Annual capital charge rate per year | 0.13 | 0.13 |
| Kilowatt-hours generated per year per kW capacity |
5 256 |
5 256 |
| Heat rate, million Btu/kWh | 0.009 | 0.0104 |
| Cost of heat from fuel, cents/million Btu |
45 |
18 |
| Cost of electricity, cents/kWh: | ||
| Plant investment | 0.500 | 0.631 |
| Operation and maintenance | 0.030 | 0.038 |
| Fuel | 0.405 | 0.187 |
| Total | 0.935 | 0.856 |
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