Open AccessSTUDY OF REMOTE MILITARY POWER APPLICATIONS. REPORT NO. 12. EVALUATION AND SELECTION OF APPLICABLE REACTOR CONCEPTS
Publication year - 1960
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/4135723
Subject(s) - superheater , nuclear engineering , sodium cooled fast reactor , light water reactor , boiler (water heating) , boiler feedwater , environmental science , process engineering , engineering , materials science , waste management
An evaluation of the reactor concepts under consideration for remote military power plants is presented. The concepts include water-cooled and - moderated reactors, both direct and indirect cycle. organic-cooled and -moderated reactors, heavy-water-cooled and -moderated reactors. gas-cooled reactors, sodium- cooled graphite-moderated reactors, fast reactors, and fluid-fuel reactors. The limitations and advantages, technological status, economics, and future potential of each reactor are reviewed. From the reviews it is concluded that direct-cycle boiling-water and pressurized-water reactors are most suitable for applications requiring power before 1965. (C.J.G.
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