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Title: ALMR deployment economic analysis

Abstract

This analysis seeks to model and evaluate the economics of the use of Advanced Liquid Metal Reactors (ALMR) as a component of this country`s future electricity generation mix. The ALMR concept has the ability to utilize as fuel the fissile material contained in previously irradiated nuclear fuel (i.e., spent fuel). While not a requirement for the successful deployment of ALMR power plant technology, the reprocessing of spent fuel from light water reactors (LWR) is necessary for any rapid introduction of ALMR power plants. In addition, the reprocessing of LWR spent fuel may reduce the number of high level waste repositories needed in the future by burning the long-lived actinides produced in the fission process. With this study, the relative economics of a number of potential scenarios related to these issues are evaluated. While not encompassing the full range of all possibilities, the cases reported here provide an indication of the potential costs, timings, and relative economic attractiveness of ALMR deployment.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
10175373
Report Number(s):
ORNL/TM-12344
ON: DE93017935
DOE Contract Number:  
AC05-84OR21400
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Jun 1993
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; LMFBR TYPE REACTORS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FUEL CYCLE; SPENT FUELS; REPROCESSING; FUEL ELEMENTS; PLUTONIUM; CAPACITY; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; 210500; 210800; 210802; POWER REACTORS, BREEDING; ECONOMICS

Citation Formats

Delene, J G, Fuller, L C, and Hudson, C R. ALMR deployment economic analysis. United States: N. p., 1993. Web. doi:10.2172/10175373.
Delene, J G, Fuller, L C, & Hudson, C R. ALMR deployment economic analysis. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/10175373
Delene, J G, Fuller, L C, and Hudson, C R. 1993. "ALMR deployment economic analysis". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/10175373. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/10175373.
@article{osti_10175373,
title = {ALMR deployment economic analysis},
author = {Delene, J G and Fuller, L C and Hudson, C R},
abstractNote = {This analysis seeks to model and evaluate the economics of the use of Advanced Liquid Metal Reactors (ALMR) as a component of this country`s future electricity generation mix. The ALMR concept has the ability to utilize as fuel the fissile material contained in previously irradiated nuclear fuel (i.e., spent fuel). While not a requirement for the successful deployment of ALMR power plant technology, the reprocessing of spent fuel from light water reactors (LWR) is necessary for any rapid introduction of ALMR power plants. In addition, the reprocessing of LWR spent fuel may reduce the number of high level waste repositories needed in the future by burning the long-lived actinides produced in the fission process. With this study, the relative economics of a number of potential scenarios related to these issues are evaluated. While not encompassing the full range of all possibilities, the cases reported here provide an indication of the potential costs, timings, and relative economic attractiveness of ALMR deployment.},
doi = {10.2172/10175373},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/10175373}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1993},
month = {Tue Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1993}
}