RSICC CODE PACKAGE PSR-531

 

1.         NAME AND TITLE

EEDB:  The Energy Economic Data Base.            

 

2.         CONTRIBUTORS

Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

 

3.         CODING LANGUAGE AND COMPUTER

No program included. (P00531MNYCP00).

 

4.         NATURE OF PROBLEM SOLVED

The Energy Economics Data Base (EEDB) was developed by United Engineers & Constructors (now Washington Group International, Inc.) to provide representative, consistent electric power generating station technical and cost information to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The database was first assembled in 1978 and was updated regularly for DOE from 1978 through 1990. Since 1991, Washington has maintained the data base on a private basis, as DOE discontinued funding at that time. The Data Base with its updates provides the only uniformly consistent historical record of U.S. Nuclear Power Plant costs in existence for use in analyzing cost trends, identifying future possibilities, and establishing a benchmark against which alternatives may be evaluated. This package contains nine documents cited below, which are related to EEDB.

 

5.         METHOD OF SOLUTION

            Not applicable.

 

6.         RESTRICTIONS OR LIMITATIONS

            None given.

 

7.         TYPICAL RUNNING TIME

            Not applicable.

 

8.         COMPUTER HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS

Any computer that can run Adobe Reader to view PDF files.

 

9.         COMPUTER SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS

            No codes or electronic databases are provided with this package.

 

10.        REFERENCES

a)  included in RSICC documentation:

“The Energy Economic Data Base – Description and Use Experience,” Washington Group International.

b)  included only in EEDB distribution file on CD

FCTD-#9057-v1 – “Nuclear Energy Cost Data Base, A Reference Data Base for Nuclear and Coal-Fired Powerplant Power Generation Cost Analysis,” DOE/NE-0095 (September 1988).

FCTD-#9058-v1 – “Energy Economic Data Base (EEDB) – Phase IX Cost and Regulation Date January 1, 1987. Complete Concise Printout for Model 184 – 1144 MWe Pressurized Water Reactor – PWR-BE (Best Experience Basis).”

FCTD-#9059-v1 –“Energy Economic Data Base (EEDB) – Phase IX Cost and Regulation Date January 1, 1987. Complete Pegasus Printout for Model 184 – 1144 MWe Pressurized Water Reactor – PWR-BE (Best Experience Basis).”

FCTD-#9060-v1 – “Phase IX Update (1987) Report for the Energy Economic Data Base Program EEDB – IX,” DOE/NE-0091 (July 1988).

FCTD-#9061-v1 – “Technical Reference Book for the Energy Economic Data Base Program EEDB Phase IX,” (1987), DOE/NE-0092, July 1988.

J. J. Coen, H. I. Bowers, and M. L. Myers, “Estimation of Nonfuel Operation and Maintenance Costs for Advanced Circulating Fluidized-Bed and Advanced Natural Gas-Fired Combined Cycle Power Plants,” ORNL/TM-11295, December 1989.

H. I. Bowers, I. C. Fuller, and M. L. Myers, “Cost Estimating Relationships for Nuclear Power Plant Operation and Maintenance,” ORNL/TM-10563 (November 1987).

J. J. Coen and J. G. Delene, “User Instructions for Levelized Power Generation Cost Codes Using an IBM-Type PC,” ORNL/TM-10997 (January 1989).

 

11.        CONTENTS OF CODE PACKAGE

The package is transmitted on a CD in a WinZip file that contains the nine PDF files of the referenced documents listed above. No software, database or executables are included with this package.

           

12.        DATE OF ABSTRACT

March 2006.

 

KEYWORDS:   COST ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS