GE advanced boiling water reactors and plant systems design

Conference · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1992 · Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States)

OSTI ID:6013276

Wilkins, D R; Chang, J ^[1]

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1. GE Nuclear Energy, San Jose, CA (United States)

The nuclear option is becoming increasingly important as the need for new baseload capacity and the environmental impact of burning fossil fuels becomes more evident. Advanced Light Water Reactor nuclear plants which are prelicensed and standardized are key to making nuclear energy an attractive option. GE Nuclear Energy has developed two new advanced and simplified BWR designs aimed at making available a new generation of nuclear plants to provide safe, clean, economical electricity to the world's utilities in the 1990s and beyond. The 1300 MWe Advanced BWR (ABWR) has been developed and is under construction in Japan under a cooperative program involving the Tokyo Electric Power Company, GE, Hitachi and Toshiba. It is also the lead plant scheduled to receive U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) approval as the first certified US standard plant. The ABWR is scheduled to receive Final design approval (FDA) in 1992. Meanwhile, the 600 MWe Simplified BWR (SBWR) continues to be developed and is undergoing licensing review in the US Both the ABWR and SBWR use the best proven features from BWR designs from Europe, Japan, and the United States; as well as state-of-the-art electronics, computer, turbine design and fuel technology. Further improvements in the safety performance, economics are made by simplifying the designs and using [open quotes]passive [close quotes] features. Because the ABWR and SWBR share a common advanced BWR technology based, the only essential differences are in power rating, how core flow is recirculated, and the extent to which the safety systems rely on active or passive features.

• OSTI ID: 6013276
• Report Number(s): CONF-920414--
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States) Journal Volume: 65
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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