BOILING NUCLEAR SUPERHEATER (BONUS) POWER STATION. Supplementary Study. Extrapolation to Large Central Station Integral Nuclear Superheat Plant

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Title: BOILING NUCLEAR SUPERHEATER (BONUS) POWER STATION. Supplementary Study. Extrapolation to Large Central Station Integral Nuclear Superheat Plant

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An evaluation was made of the maximum size plant for which the BONUS reactor plant could serve as a realistic prototype and the design changes required to increase the size and characteristics for the present BONUS design such that it could serve as a realistic prototype for the largest feasible integral-superheat reactor power plant. (M.C.G.)

Publication Date:: 1962-10-31

Research Org.:: General Nuclear Engineering Corp., Dunedin, Fla.

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 4804882

Report Number(s):: PRWRA-GNEC-4

NSA Number:: NSA-16-009666

DOE Contract Number:: AT(40-1)-2484, SUBCONTRACT NP-1

Resource Type:: Technical Report

Resource Relation:: Other Information: For Puerto Rico Water Resources Authority, San Juan. Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-62

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: REACTOR TECHNOLOGY; BOILING; BONUS; COOLANT LOOPS; ECONOMICS; EFFICIENCY; FABRICATION; HEAT TRANSFER; HIGH TEMPERATURE; NEUTRON FLUX; PLANNING; POWER PLANTS; REACTOR CORE; STEAM; SUPERHEATING; WATER COOLANT

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