Electricity from the SWR 1000 is competitive

The article compares the economic performance of the SWR 1000 with that of conventional BWR plants. The SWR 1000 is seen to be superior especially in personnel costs and plant costs. Operating costs and: fuel cycle costs are approximatelyidentical. The SWR 1000 achieves its better economic character istics not only as a result of its plant size, but also by systems simplifi cations and through thr use of passive components. A detailed comparison, i tem by item, is presented in a table. The authors forecast that the SWR 100 0 is going to underrun even the electricity generating costs of the optimiz ed EPR and of combined-cycle power plants;. This means that the main precon dition for a building, decision exists irrespective of political conditions and factors pertaining to the national economy.