Reply To: Competition from the Thorium reactor

[Rematog]

My estimate. I am very sorry about the readability. I’ve yet to find a way to get this forum to format tables or allow posting files.

Rematog

Power Block Fabrication
Controls $10,000 PLC with local screen
Building $20,000 Prefab building, skid mounted
Cables, conduit, etc $20,000 power and control
MCC, Low voltage xformer $20,000 power distribution, 480V aux power
Solid State Power Controls $50,000 specialized high speed switching (to pulse reactor)
Capacitors, power supply $50,000 SWAG
HV xformer, disconnects $20,000 Output step up, required isolation devices.
Reactor Vessel $5,000 SWAG
Discharge Electrodes $5,000 SWAG
Vacuum pump $5,000 SWAG
Fuel system $5,000 SWAG
Ion beam power converter $10,000 SWAG
X-ray power converter $20,000 SWAG
Shielding $20,000 SWAG
Radiation detectors, other sensors $10,000 SWAG
Fabrication Labor $36,000 1200 $30.00 30 man-weeks @ 40 hr/wk
Overhead and Profit $100,000 Very arguable number
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$406,000
Site Work, Installation
Foundation $20,000 excavation, fill, forms, rebar and mud, incs labor
Site Work (civil, fences, roads) $5,000 $500,000 Additions and changes
Control Room, etc $50,000 $5,000,000 Oversight for all system, DCS and Datalogging
Installation Labor $50,000 1000 $50.00 20 man-weeks @ 50 hr/wk (typ field work)
Shipping $5,000 for Power Block
Interconnection Cables $20,000 Power to transmission transformer yard
Engineering, supervision $10,000 $1,000,000
Rental Equipment $10,000
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$170,000

Site Cost, New Development
Land $5,000 1/2 acre @ $10k/acre
Site Work (civil, fences, roads) $20,000 $2,000,000
Other Site Buildings $25,000 $2,500,000 Offices, maint, warehouse
Transformer Yard $200,000 $20,000,000
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$250,000

Brown Field Cost $576,000
Green Field Cost $826,000