THE SHARE OF DECOMMISSIONING COSTS IN THE PRICE OF ELECTRICITY FROM THE KRŠKO NPP

Abstract

Starting from the Decommissioning of the Krπko Nuclear Power Plant Program, this text analyzes the necessary Croatian allocations for the decommissioning costs in relation to the price of electricity from this power plant. The reliability of the Program estimates is analyzed, particularly the assumed financial parameters. Therefore, a variable discount rate was implemented in the customary range of from 1 % to 5 %, as well as models of equal and escalating annuities. Hypothetical scenarios were also analyzed for the long-term collection of monetary resources, similar to the Slovenian case (a description of what would have happened if we had started earlier), while the second scenario analyzes the possibility for prolonging the working lifetime of the power plant. There is also a separate discussion of the relation between the financing recommended by the Program and the measures that have been undertaken to date in order to implement these recommendations in Croatia.