18.08.2015   A. Worrall

Co-siting economies

Co-siting economies arise from the cost-sharing of some common structures, systems and services by multiple units built on the same site, decreasing the incidence of some fixed costs and, thus, the penalty of the loss of economy of scale (Boarin et al., 2012).

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Number of reactor units on the same site

Figure 10.12 Magnitude of overall learning effect (on site + worldwide). W indicates the number of NPP of the same type already built in the world, in other site locations; along the same curve, the magnitude of the ‘on-site’ learning accumulation may be appreciated, while curves with different value of W indicate the magnitude of the ‘worldwide’ learning effect. D&D = decontamination and decommissioning (Boarin and Ricotti, 2011a).