Design of Recycle PWR with Heavy Water Moderation
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OSTI ID:21167831
- Reactor Core Engineering Department, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., 3-1, Minatomirai 3-chome, Nishi-ku, Yokohama, 220-8401 (Japan)
- The Japan Atomic Power Company - JAPC (Japan)
This study shows the conceptual plant design of the recycle PWR (RPWR), which is an innovative MOX-PWR with breeding ratios around 1.1 moderated by heavy water. Most of the plant systems of RPWR can employ the systems of PWRs. RPWR has no acid boron systems and has a small tritium removal system. The construction and operation costs are similar to the current PWRs. While, heavy water cost will be decreased drastically with up-to-date producing methods. The reliability for the plant systems of RPWR is high and R and D cost for realizing RPWR is very low because the core design of RPWR is fundamentally based on the current PWR technology. (authors)
- Research Organization:
- American Nuclear Society, 555 North Kensington Avenue, La Grange Park, IL 60526 (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 21167831
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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