Open AccessFUEL CYCLE COST FOR AQUEOUS HOMOGENEOUS REACTORS
Author(s) -
D.E. Ferguson
Publication year - 1959
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/4096126
Subject(s) - fuel cycle , homogeneous , blanket , process engineering , waste management , environmental science , nuclear engineering , electricity generation , slurry , electricity , power station , engineering , power (physics) , materials science , environmental engineering , electrical engineering , physics , thermodynamics , composite material
By using a large central fuel-and-blanket processing facility, slurry- fueled aqueous homogeneous reactors can attain an estimated minimum fuel-cycle cost of 1.4 to 1.6 mills/ kw-hr; with solution-fueled two-region reactors, a doubling time of 14 years may be obtained at a fuel-cycle cost of 2.0 mills/kw-hr. On-site processing appears desirable only for large power stations made up of reactors designed for short doubling times. For instance, a solution-fueled tworegion reactor can attain a 12-year doubling time at an estimated fuel-cycle cost of 1.5 mills/kw-hr at a 2000-Mw electricity station with an on-site processing plant. (auth
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