ECONOMIC POTENTIAL FOR D$sub 2$O POWER REACTORS
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:4027900
Economic evaluations indicate that heavy-water-cooledand-moderated power reactors could become competitive with modern fossil-fueled stations when the capacity of each is about 300 Mwe. Heavy water reactors may attain this position without requiring low-cost spent fuel reprocessing or large credits for recovered uranium and plutonium. In these evaluations of D/sub 2/O reactors, spent fuel was assumed to be of no value and to be stored indefinitely. The key to the achievement of competitive energy costs from heavy water reactors is successful completion of the current program to develop natural uranium fuel elements of low fabrication cost. Other features that favor the vigorous development of heavv water reactors are their good neutron economy and the ready avallability of natural uranium. (auth)
- Research Organization:
- Du Pont de Nemours (E.I.) & Co. Atomic Energy Div., Wilmington, Del.
- NSA Number:
- NSA-15-016701
- OSTI ID:
- 4027900
- Report Number(s):
- DP-570
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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