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[en] This report, prepared for INFCE, gives data for an extrapolated 1000 MW(e) CANDU-PHW design operating on various thorium cycles. In the reference cycle, the requirements for externally supplied fissile material are met using U-235, with the feed adjusted to provide a fuel burnup of approximately 30 000 MW.d/t(U). Two versions of the reference cycle are treated. In one, the U-235 is supplied in a highly enriched form (93 percent U-235 in uranium); in the other, the U-235 is supplied at a lower enrichment, such that the uranium present in the feed fuel is 'denatured'. The effects of varying the fuel burnup and the recycle delay time are discussed. Data are also given for thorium cycles using plutonium instead of U-235 to meet requirements for externally-supplied fissile material. The special case of 'self-sufficient equilibrium thorium cycles', which require no external source of fissile material for equilibrium operation, is also treated. (author)
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Jul 1979; 47 p; INFCE/WG--8/CAN/DOC 4; Submission to INFCE Working Group 8: advanced fuel cycle and reactor concepts, subgroup B: advanced reactor systems and fuel cycle concepts.
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