Total energy investment in nuclear power plants
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It is demonstrated that energy analysis is a feasible and practical alternative for evaluating the engineering, economic, and environmental aspects of nuclear power systems. All of these characteristics are synthesized into a common energy baseline. The nuclear reactor types which are evaluated in this dissertation are the Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR), Boiling Water Reactor (BWR), Heavy Water Reactor (HWR), High Temperature Gas Cooled Reactor (HTGR), Gas Cooled Fast Reactor (GCFR), and the Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor (LMFBR). It is determined that the total energy investment required for the PWR is 10.0% of its energy output, 9.9% for the BWR, 10.5% for the HWR, 8.8% for the HTGR, 7.1% for the GCFR, and 7.6% for the LMFBR. (78 references)
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- Augmented title (English)
- Thesis
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- Publisher
- Xerox University Microfilms.
- Imprint Place
- Ann Arbor, MI
- Imprint Pagination
- 163 p.
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- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 7273880
- Subject category
- S29: ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Non-conventional Literature
- Descriptors DEI
- BREEDER REACTORS; BWR TYPE REACTORS; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENVIRONMENT; EPITHERMAL REACTORS; FAST REACTORS; FBR TYPE REACTORS; FUEL CYCLE; GAS COOLED REACTORS; HEAVY WATER MODERATED REACTORS; HTGR TYPE REACTORS; LMFBR TYPE REACTORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PWR TYPE REACTORS; REACTORS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS
- Descriptors DEC
- GRAPHITE MODERATED REACTORS; LIQUID METAL COOLED REACTORS; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; POWER PLANTS; THERMAL POWER PLANTS; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS
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- Dissertation presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of the University of Texas at Austin.