Underground Nuclear Energy Complexes: Technical and Economic Advantages

Underground nuclear power plant parks have been projected to be economically feasible compared to above ground installations. This paper includes a thorough cost analysis of the savings, compared to above ground facilities, resulting from in-place entombment (decommissioning) of facilities at the end of their life, reduced costs of security for the lifetime of the various facilities in the underground park, reduced transportation costs, and reduced costs in the operation of the waste storage complex (also underground), compared to the fair share of the costs of operating a national waste repository.