CONCEPTUAL DESIGN OF 20 Mw NUCLEAR HEATING PLANT. Vitro Job No. 1186
These two reports were issued separately, but are cataloged as a unit. A conceptual design was prepared describing a nuclear heating plant to produce 20 Mw of reactor heat for use, through a heat exchanger, in a space heating system. The fuel plates consist of highly enriched (93%) UO/sub 2/ embeddcd in stainless steel and clad with stainless steel. Purified light water, pressurized to 750 psia, is used as the moderator and coolant. The reactor, when loaded with 33.61 kg of U/sup 235/, provides 20 Mw yr of power before refueling. In order to reduce the reactivity excursion and facilitate control a burnnble poison, in the form of boron, is incorporated in the fuel elements. The estimated capital investment, not including the uranium, is 942,310. The cost of operation per year is 7,400 or 5.5 mils/kw hr/sub h/. (auth)
- Research Organization:
- Vitro Corp. of America. Vitro Engineering Div., New York
- NSA Number:
- NSA-12-008733
- OSTI ID:
- 4331145
- Report Number(s):
- KLX-1769; KLX-1769A
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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