Author: United States Accounting Office (GAO)
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781721010738
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 66
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The Department of Energy's Water-Cooled Breeder Program--Should It Continue?
The Department of Energy's Water-cooled Breeder Program
Author: United States. General Accounting Office
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Category : Breeder reactors
Languages : en
Pages : 72
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Breeder reactors
Languages : en
Pages : 72
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The Department of Energy's Water-Cooled Breeder Program--Should It Continue?
Author: United States Accounting Office (GAO)
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781721010738
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
The Department of Energy's Water-Cooled Breeder Program--Should It Continue?
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781721010738
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
The Department of Energy's Water-Cooled Breeder Program--Should It Continue?
The Department of Energy's Water-cooled Breeder Program
Author: United States. General Accounting Office
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Category : Nuclear reactors
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Publisher:
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Category : Nuclear reactors
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Analysis of Alternative Approaches to Completing the Department of Energy's Water-cooled Breeder Program
Author: United States. General Accounting Office
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Category : Breeder reactors
Languages : en
Pages : 15
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Publisher:
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Category : Breeder reactors
Languages : en
Pages : 15
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Fission Energy Program of the U.S. Department of Energy
Author: United States. Office of Nucleear Reactor Programs
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Category : Energy policy
Languages : en
Pages : 294
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Publisher:
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Category : Energy policy
Languages : en
Pages : 294
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Fission Energy Program of the U.S. Department of Energy
Author: United States. Department of Energy. Office of Nuclear Energy Programs
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Category : Energy policy
Languages : en
Pages : 264
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Publisher:
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Category : Energy policy
Languages : en
Pages : 264
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Department of Energy Fiscal Years 1980-81 Authorization (civilian Applications)
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Subcommittee on Energy Research and Development
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Category : Energy development
Languages : en
Pages : 1514
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Category : Energy development
Languages : en
Pages : 1514
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Water Cooled Breeder Program Summary Report (LWBR (Light Water Breeder Reactor) Development Program).
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Languages : en
Pages :
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The purpose of the Department of Energy Water Cooled Breeder Program was to demonstrate pratical breeding in a uranium-233/thorium fueled core while producing electrical energy in a commercial water reactor generating station. A demonstration Light Water Breeder Reactor (LWBR) was successfully operated for more than 29,000 effective full power hours in the Shippingport Atomic Power Station. The reactor operated with an availability factor of 76% and had a gross electrical output of 2,128,943,470 kilowatt hours. Following operation, the expended core was examined and no evidence of any fuel element defects was found. Nondestructive assay of 524 fuel rods determined that 1.39 percent more fissile fuel was present at the end of core life than at the beginning, proving that breeding had occurred. This demonstrates the existence of a vast source of electrical energy using plentiful domestic thorium potentially capable of supplying the entire national need for many centuries. To build on the successful design and operation of the Shippingport Breeder Core and to provide the technology to implement this concept, several reactor designs of large breeders and prebreeders were developed for commercial-sized plants of 900--1000 Mw(e) net. This report summarizes the Water Cooled Breeder Program from its inception in 1965 to its completion in 1987. Four hundred thirty-six technical reports are referenced which document the work conducted as part of this program. This work demonstrated that the Light Water Breeder Reactor is a viable alternative as a PWR replacement in the next generation of nuclear reactors. This transition would only require a minimum of change in design and fabrication of the reactor and operation of the plant.
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The purpose of the Department of Energy Water Cooled Breeder Program was to demonstrate pratical breeding in a uranium-233/thorium fueled core while producing electrical energy in a commercial water reactor generating station. A demonstration Light Water Breeder Reactor (LWBR) was successfully operated for more than 29,000 effective full power hours in the Shippingport Atomic Power Station. The reactor operated with an availability factor of 76% and had a gross electrical output of 2,128,943,470 kilowatt hours. Following operation, the expended core was examined and no evidence of any fuel element defects was found. Nondestructive assay of 524 fuel rods determined that 1.39 percent more fissile fuel was present at the end of core life than at the beginning, proving that breeding had occurred. This demonstrates the existence of a vast source of electrical energy using plentiful domestic thorium potentially capable of supplying the entire national need for many centuries. To build on the successful design and operation of the Shippingport Breeder Core and to provide the technology to implement this concept, several reactor designs of large breeders and prebreeders were developed for commercial-sized plants of 900--1000 Mw(e) net. This report summarizes the Water Cooled Breeder Program from its inception in 1965 to its completion in 1987. Four hundred thirty-six technical reports are referenced which document the work conducted as part of this program. This work demonstrated that the Light Water Breeder Reactor is a viable alternative as a PWR replacement in the next generation of nuclear reactors. This transition would only require a minimum of change in design and fabrication of the reactor and operation of the plant.
1980 Department of Energy Authorization
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 646
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 646
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U.S. Fast Breeder Reactor Program Needs Direction
Author: United States. General Accounting Office
Publisher:
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Category : Breeder reactors
Languages : en
Pages : 76
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Publisher:
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Category : Breeder reactors
Languages : en
Pages : 76
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