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Stockage des déchets radioactifs et incertitude

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  • Alain Ayong Le Kama
  • Mouez Fodha

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[fre] L’objectif de ce travail est l’étude du traitement optimal des déchets nucléaires. Nous analysons la politique d’enfouissement des déchets radioactifs en prenant en considération un risque futur de déstockage accidentel des déchets préalablement enfouis. Nous montrons que, sous certaines conditions, l’énergie nucléaire peut être une solution de long-terme, malgré l’accumulation des déchets radioactifs. Cette solution nécessite en revanche l’enfouissement d ’ une part constante de la production de déchets nucléaires. L’incertitude sur la sécurité des sites d’enfouissement des déchets conduit naturellement le planificateur social à choisir un taux optimal d’enfouissement des déchets plus faible que celui en vigueur en l’absence de risque. Nous montrons en outre que, malgré cette règle de prudence, le stock total de déchets enfouis peut s’accroître. [eng] This paper examines optimal radioactive-waste burial policy under an uncertainty : the possibility that an accident might occur in the future. The framework is an optimal growth model with pollution disutility. We show that nuclear power may be a long-term solution for world energy demand. Nevertheless, under uncertainty, the social planner will decide to reduce the waste-burial rate, but the changes in consumption levels – and hence in buried-waste levels – are ambiguous. Depending on the economy’s balanced growth rate and the preference parameters, the optimal amount of buried waste may increase despite the risk of a future accident.

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  • Alain Ayong Le Kama & Mouez Fodha, 2009. "Stockage des déchets radioactifs et incertitude," Économie et Prévision, Programme National Persée, vol. 190(4), pages 39-52.
  • Handle: RePEc:prs:ecoprv:ecop_0249-4744_2009_num_190_4_7993
    DOI: 10.3406/ecop.2009.7993
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