U.S. nuclear fuel costs steady in 2003

U.S. nuclear fuel costs steady in 2003

Washington (Platts)--24Sep2004


U.S. nuclear fuel costs stayed steady in 2003 while other O&M reactor costs
inched upward, according to Platts. Based on reports that 41 of 65 plant
operators filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission or to the Energy
Information Administration, the median fuel cost didn't budge from the 2002
level of 4.48 mills per kilowatt hour (KWH), signaling that recent increases
in uranium prices haven't begun to be felt at the plant level, according to an
article that will be published in the Sept. 27 edition of NuclearFuel. The
Tennessee Valley Authority's Sequoyah and Watts Bar plants had the lowest 2003
fuel costs of those operators filing reports, coming in at 3.72 and 3.73
mills/KWH, respectively.

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