Download or read book Water Cooled Breeder Program Summary Report LWBR Light Water Breeder Reactor Development Program written by and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book The Department of Energy s Water cooled Breeder Program written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Light Water Breeder Reactor Program Public hearing record comment letters and responses written by United States. Energy Research and Development Administration and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Light water breeder reactor program written by United States. Energy Research and Development Administration and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Light Water Breeder Reactor Program written by United States. Energy Research and Development Administration and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Summary of the Nuclear Design and Performance of the Light Water Breeder Reactor LWBR LWBR Development Program written by and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report presents a summary of the nuclear design and expected nuclear performance of the Light Water Breeder Reactor during operation at the Shippingport Atomic Power Station. Performance predictions are presented for core lifetime, breeding margin, power distributions and performance, kinetic and stability parameters, and for core shutdown and reactivity control capability. Also included is a summary of as-built dimensions of core components and of development of breeding parameter equations and sensitivities.
Download or read book Water Cooled Breeder Program Summary Report written by R. Atherton and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book U S Fast Breeder Reactor Program Needs Direction written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Light Water Breeder Reactor Program Commercial application of LWBR technology written by United States. Energy Research and Development Administration and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 742 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Proof of Breeding in the Light Water Breeder Reactor written by William Christian Schick (Jr.) and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Can the U S Breeder Reactor Development Program be Accelerated by Using Foreign Technology written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Review of National Breeder Reactor Program written by United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy. Ad Hoc Subcommittee to Review the Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor Program and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Fast Breeder Reactor Decision written by Mark F. Sharefkin and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Light Water Breeder Reactor Program Operation of LWBR core in Shippingport atomic power station written by United States. Energy Research and Development Administration and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 932 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fuel Summary Report written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Shippingport Light Water Breeder Reactor (LWBR) was developed by Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory to demonstrate the potential of a water-cooled, thorium oxide fuel cycle breeder reactor. The LWBR core operated from 1977-82 without major incident. The fuel and fuel components suffered minimal damage during operation, and the reactor testing was deemed successful. Extensive destructive and nondestructive postirradiation examinations confirmed that the fuel was in good condition with minimal amounts of cladding deformities and fuel pellet cracks. Fuel was placed in wet storage upon arrival at the Expended Core Facility, then dried and sent to the Idaho Nuclear Technology and Engineering Center for underground dry storage. It is likely that the fuel remains in good condition at its current underground dry storage location at the Idaho Nuclear Technology and Engineering Center. Reports show no indication of damage to the core associated with shipping, loading, or storage.
Download or read book Fuel Summary Report written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Shippingport Light Water Breeder Reactor (LWBR) was developed by Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory to demonstrate the potential of a water-cooled, thorium oxide fuel cycle breeder reactor. The LWBR core operated from 1977-82 without major incident. The fuel and fuel components suffered minimal damage during operation, and the reactor testing was deemed successful. Extensive destructive and nondestructive postirradiation examinations confirmed that the fuel was in good condition with minimal amounts of cladding deformities and fuel pellet cracks. Fuel was placed in wet storage upon arrival at the Expended Core Facility, then dried and sent to the Idaho Nuclear Technology and Engineering Center for underground dry storage. It is likely that the fuel remains in good condition at its current underground dry storage location at the Idaho Nuclear Technology and Engineering Center. Reports show no indication of damage to the core associated with shipping, loading, or storage.
Download or read book Light Water Breeder Reactor Program written by and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
