PROPOSED 80,000 KILOWATT PRESSURIZED WATER REACTOR PLANT. CORE DESIGN AND POWER COST ESTIMATE

Technical Report · Tue Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1955

OSTI ID:4314177

The proposed design of a reactor which will produce 300 Mwh for a plant which will generate 80 Mwe is presented. The mechanical design is based on a uranium -zirconium alloy rod type fuel element clad with Zircaloy. This fuel element is packnged into subassemblies which in turn are separately loaded into the core for fueling purposes. Zirconinm is used as the structural material and boron steel is used as control rod material. Therinal design considerations are based on water as coolant flowing longitudinally along the fuel elements, temperatare limitation in the center of the hottest fuel element and the restriction that there will be no bulk boiling in the hottest channel at the operating pressure of 2000 psi. Fuel costs are based on nuclear design considerations which specify the amount of uranium and its enrichment at the beginning and end of core lifetime and the plutonium content of the waste core. Unit cost figures are those published by the Atomic Energy Commission on January 5, 1955. (auth)

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Electric Corp. Industrial Atomic Power Group , Pittsburgh
• NSA Number: NSA-12-012757
• OSTI ID: 4314177
• Report Number(s): WIAP-8
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Decl. June 20, 1958. Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-58
• Country of Publication: Country unknown/Code not available
• Language: English

Related Subjects

PHYSICS
BOILING
BORON
BURNUP
CANNING
CONFIGURATION
CONTROL ELEMENTS
CONVERSION
COOLANT LOOPS
ECONOMICS
ENRICHMENT
FLUID FLOW
FUEL CANS
FUEL ELEMENTS
HEAT TRANSFER
HIGH TEMPERATURE
MECHANICAL STRUCTURES
PLANNING
PLUTONIUM
POWER PLANTS
PRESSURE
PRODUCTION
REACTOR CORE
REACTOR FUELING
RODS
STANDARDS
STEELS
SURFACES
TEMPERATURE
URANIUM
URANIUM ALLOYS
WATER COOLANT
ZIRCALOY
ZIRCONIUM
ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS