NEEDS: Nuclear Energy Electrical Demand Simulation

Journal Article · Sun Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1976 · Simulation, v. 26, no. 2, pp. 33-42

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1177/003754977602600202· OSTI ID:4095588

Willke, T L

A computer model is presented called NEEDS--an acronym for Nuclear Energy Electrical Demand Simulation--which can simulate the nuclear sector of the United States electric power economy. The code can forecast the impact of various nuclear reactor growth patterns over the next fifty years in terms of economics, resource utilization, and the requirements for a supporting fuel-cycle industry. NEEDS was developed for the Office of Energy Research and Development Policy of the National Science Foundation as a tool to help evaluate alternative fission reactor development strategies involving advanced reactor concepts, including advanced high-temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR) systems, the gas- cooled fast reactor (GCFR), the molten-salt breeder reactor (MSBR), the light- water breeder reactor (LWBR), and the heavy-water reactor (HWR). The objectives of the study were to calculate the impacts, benefits, and requirements of various nuclear growth patterns and to determine the sensitivity of these measures to input parameters which are dominating, uncertain, or subject to wide variations. (auth)

• Research Organization: Battelle Columbus Labs., OH
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• NSA Number: NSA-33-020186
• OSTI ID: 4095588
• Journal Information: Simulation, v. 26, no. 2, pp. 33-42, Journal Name: Simulation, v. 26, no. 2, pp. 33-42; ISSN SMLTA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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