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A Phased Development of Breed-and-Burn Reactors for Enhanced Nuclear Energy Sustainability

Greenspan, Ehud - In: Sustainability 4 (2012) 10, pp. 2745-2764

Several options for designing fast reactors to operate in the Breed-and-Burn (B&B) mode are compared and a strategy is … deployment of such fast reactors could start in the near future. The second phase consists of deploying self …

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Vezzoni, Barbara; Gabrielli, Fabrizio; Rineiski, Andrei; … - In: Sustainability 4 (2012) 6, pp. 1274-1291

Since a fast reactor core with uranium-plutonium fuel is not in its most reactive configuration under operating conditions, redistribution of the core materials (fuel, steel, sodium) during a core disruptive accident (CDA) may lead to recriticalities and as a consequence to severe nuclear power...

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Progress in reliability of fast reactor operation and new trends to increased inherent safety

Merk, Bruno; Stanculescu, Alexander; Chellapandi, Perumal; … - In: Applied Energy 147 (2015) C, pp. 104-116

The reasons for the renewed interest in fast reactors and an overview of the progress in sodium cooled fast reactor … operation in the last ten years are given. The excellent operational performance of sodium cooled fast reactors in this period … is highlighted as a sound basis for the development of new fast reactors. The operational performance of the BN-600 is …

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BREEDER: a microcomputer program for financial analysis of a large-scale prototype breeder reactor

Giese, R.F. - 2008

This report describes a microcomputer-based, single-project financial analysis program: BREEDER. BREEDER is a user-friendly model designed to facilitate frequent and rapid analyses of the financial implications associated with alternative design and financing strategies for electric generating...

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Prospects for nuclear energy in South Asia in the 21st century

Grover, R.B. - In: International Journal of Global Energy Issues 30 (2008) 1/2/3/4, pp. 228-248

The South Asian region is characterised by low per capita energy consumption. There are large differences in the region with regard to energy resource endowments. In the entire region one notices an excessive use of non-commercial energy. The region has significant hydro-potential, which needs...

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