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DOI	10.1016/j.enpol.2019.111125
	Nuclear decommissioning after the German Nuclear Phase-Out an integrated view on new regulations and nuclear logistics
	Scherwath T.; Wealer B.; Mendelevitch R.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	0301-4215
卷号	137
英文摘要	With Germany's nuclear phase-out, 23 reactors need to be dismantled in the near future. Initiated by the difficult financial situation of affected utilities in 2014, a major discourse on ensuring financial liability led to a redistribution of liabilities and finances, with the utilities remaining in charge of dismantling, while liability for interim and final storage now transferred to the public. This paper assesses whether the new regulation is ultimately likely to be to the benefit of the public. It introduces a two-stage stochastic optimization framework encompassing the different dismantling phases, resulting waste flows and storage levels of low- and intermediate-level waste (LLW and ILW) as well as the associated costs. Results show that storage risk – proclaimed as a major barrier to efficient decommissioning – is not a major driver for the optimal decommissioning schedule. However, a delay of ten years might increase interim storage costs now borne by the public by over 20%. Lacking experience and handling capacity of the industry could significantly shrink the buffer currently included in utility funds in order to deal with dismantling uncertainties. Our analysis reveals the storage gate as the new crucial interface between utilities and the public storage provider. © 2019
英文关键词	Financial liability; Nuclear decommissioning; Nuclear dismantling; Nuclear logistics; Regulation; Stochastic modeling
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Finance; Optimization; Product liability; Stochastic models; Associated costs; Handling capacity; Intermediate level wastes; Nuclear decommissioning; Nuclear dismantling; Regulation; Stochastic optimizations; Storage costs; Decommissioning (nuclear reactors); decommissioning; energy policy; nuclear power; numerical model; optimization; regulatory framework; stochasticity; Germany
来源期刊	Energy policy
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/124878
作者单位	German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), Mohrenstrasse 58, Berlin, 10117, Germany; Workgroup for Economic and Infrastructure Policy (WIP), Berlin University of Technology, Strasse des 17. Juni 135, Berlin, 10623, Germany; Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Unter Den Linden 6, Berlin, 10099, Germany
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Scherwath T.,Wealer B.,Mendelevitch R.. Nuclear decommissioning after the German Nuclear Phase-Out an integrated view on new regulations and nuclear logistics[J],2020,137.
APA	Scherwath T.,Wealer B.,&Mendelevitch R..(2020).Nuclear decommissioning after the German Nuclear Phase-Out an integrated view on new regulations and nuclear logistics.Energy policy,137.
MLA	Scherwath T.,et al."Nuclear decommissioning after the German Nuclear Phase-Out an integrated view on new regulations and nuclear logistics".Energy policy 137(2020).