Published June 1978 | Version v1
Report

Fuel cycles for electric power generation

Description

An illustrative data base is presented of material quantities and environmental effluents in the fuel cycles for alternative technologies of thermally generated power. The entire fuel cycle for each of ten alternative technologies is outlined for a representative power plant generating 1000 Mw of electrical power. The required utilization of material resources and the fuel cycle material quantities are indicated on a flow sheet for each technology. The technologies considered include: light-water nuclear reactors, coal, residual fuel oil, natural gas, geothermal steam, breeder fission reactors, solar energy, and thermonuclear fusion

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Publishing Information

Imprint Title
Comprehensive standards: the power generation case
Journal Page Range
p. 237p, EEED 101.
Report number
EPA/600/9--78-013