Author: R. AthertonPublisher:
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Languages : en
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Water Cooled Breeder Program Summary Report
Author: R. AthertonWater Cooled Breeder Program Summary Report (LWBR (Light Water Breeder Reactor) Development Program).
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Languages : en
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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.
Analysis of Alternative Approaches to Completing the Department of Energy's Water-cooled Breeder Program
Author: United States. General Accounting OfficePublisher:
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Category : Breeder reactors
Languages : en
Pages : 15
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Analysis of Alternative Approaches to Completing the Doe Water-Cooled Breeder Program
Author: United States Accounting Office (GAO)Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781721282128
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Languages : en
Pages : 32
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Analysis of Alternative Approaches to Completing the DOE Water-Cooled Breeder Program
Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
Author: United States. Superintendent of DocumentsPublisher:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
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February issue includes Appendix entitled Directory of United States Government periodicals and subscription publications; September issue includes List of depository libraries; June and December issues include semiannual index
GAO Documents
Author: United States. General Accounting OfficePublisher:
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Category : Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 456
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Catalog of reports, decisions and opinions, testimonies and speeches.
Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications, Cumulative Index
Author: United States. Superintendent of DocumentsPublisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1504
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Monthly Catalogue, United States Public Documents
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 812
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Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1386
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