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Report to the Joint Economic Committee Congress of the United States by the Comptroller General of the United States. Can the U. S. breeder reactor development program be accelerated by using foreign technology

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:7264386
For years the United States, Britain, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Soviet Union, and Japan have been conducting extensive fast breeder reactor research and development programs. Except for the Soviet Union, these countries lack the energy resources--coal, oil, natural gas, and uranium--that the U.S. possesses and have more urgent needs and shorter time frames for developing commercial fast breeder reactors than does the U.S. This report deals with the status of the foreign LMFBR programs and the benefits from and impediments to exchanging foreign LMFBR technology. It is concluded that although the Energy Research and Development Administration's efforts to develop areas of exchange are worthwhile and should be continued, it is unrealistic to expect that the U.S. program could be greatly accelerated or that large amounts of money could be saved through quid pro quo exchanges with other nations.
Research Organization:
General Accounting Office, Washington, D.C. (USA)
OSTI ID:
7264386
Report Number(s):
RED-76-93
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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