Published June 1982 | Version v1
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A manufacturer's view of the US breeder program

Creators

  • 1. Westinghouse Advanced Reactors Division, Madison, Pennsylvania

Description

A liquid metal fast breeder reactor (LMFBR) was selected for development in a program to develop breeder reactors in general. The LMFBR is a sodium-cooled fast reactor which operates at a high conversion ratio of fertile-to-fissile material while generating electricity at a high thermal efficiency. The breeder has the added capacity to operate on the plutonium in Light Water Reactor spent fuel, and on U-238. A governmental/industrial infrastructure must be developed. Criteria for breeder deployment are listed. Construction of the Clinch River Breeder reactor is a necessary step in the progression to a mature breeder. Then the large prototype LMFBR should be built. Foreign collaboration is considered. Finally, a capital cost analysis indicates LMFBR cost-effectiveness

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Energy Technol. (Wash., D.C.)
Journal Volume
9
Series
Energy Technol. (Wash., D.C.).
Journal Page Range
1086-1092
ISSN
0161-6048

Conference

Title
9. energy technology conference.
Dates
16-18 Feb 1982.
Place
Washington, DC (USA).

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
15047319
Subject category
S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
BREEDING RATIO; CAPITAL COST; CLINCH RIVER BREEDER REACTOR; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LMFBR TYPE REACTORS; PLUTONIUM; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; SPENT FUELS; THERMAL EFFICIENCY; URANIUM 238; WATER COOLED REACTORS
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDE NUCLEI; ACTINIDES; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BREEDER REACTORS; CONVERSION RATIO; COST; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY; ELEMENTS; ENERGY SOURCES; EPITHERMAL REACTORS; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; FAST REACTORS; FBR TYPE REACTORS; FUELS; HEAVY NUCLEI; ISOTOPES; LIQUID METAL COOLED REACTORS; MATERIALS; METALS; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUCLEI; POWER REACTORS; RADIOISOTOPES; REACTOR MATERIALS; REACTORS; SODIUM COOLED REACTORS; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM ISOTOPES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES

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Secondary number(s)
CONF-820217--.