STUDY OF FUEL CYCLES WITH REFERENCE TO A POWER PROGRAMME
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:4290413
As the thorium reserves of India are much larger than the uranium reserves, any large-scale nuclear power program has to be based ultimately on the thorium --U/sup 233/ cycle. However, special fissile material will be required to start this cycle, and therefore a beginning has to be made with natural uranium reactors. These reactors will convert some U/sup 233/ to plutonium, which may be used in the second generation of power reactors. These may either be fast reactors where U/sup 233/ can be produced from thorium in the outer blanket with some net breeding gain or thermal reactors producing slightly less U/ sup 233/ than the plutonium consumed. This will then be the starting point for the third generation of power reactors using U/sup 233/ as fissile material and thorium as fertile material. Estimates of the total capacity required in the first generation and second generation of reactors to make the transition in a given time are presented. (auth)
- Research Organization:
- Atomic Energy Establishment, Trombay, India
- NSA Number:
- NSA-13-006028
- OSTI ID:
- 4290413
- Report Number(s):
- A/CONF.15/P/1642
- Country of Publication:
- Country unknown/Code not available
- Language:
- English
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