HTGR market assessment: interim report
The purpose of this Assessment is to establish the utility perspective on the market potential of the HTGR. The majority of issues and conclusions in this report are applicable to both the HTGR-Gas Turbine (GT) and the HTGR-Steam Cycle (SC). This phase of the HTGR Market Assessment used the HTGR-GT as the reference design as it is the present focus of the US HTGR Program. A brief system description of the HTGR-GT is included in Appendix A. This initial report provides the proposed structure for conducting the HTGR Market Assessment plus preliminary analyses to establish the magnitude and nature of key factors that affect the HTGR market. The HTGR market factors and their relationship to the present HTGR Program are discussed. This report discusses two of these factors in depth: economics and water availability. The water availability situation in the US and its impact on the potential HTGR market are described. The approach for applying the HTGR within a framework of utility systems analyses is presented.
- Research Organization:
- Gas-Cooled Reactor Associates, La Jolla, CA (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC03-78SF02034
- OSTI ID:
- 6034516
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/SF/02034-T33; ON: DE81029408
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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