Smaller sized reactors can be economically attractive

Societe Francaise d'Energie Nucleaire - International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants - ICAPP 2007, "The Nuclear Renaissance at Work"

Volumn 5, Issue , 2008, Pages 3140-3145

  Carelli, M D ^a   Petrovic, B ^a   Mycoff, C W ^a   Trueco, P ^b   Ricotti, M E ^b   Locatelli, G ^b  

^a WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;

CAPITAL COSTS; ECONOMY OF SCALE; INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON ADVANCES IN NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; NUCLEAR PLANTS; NUCLEAR RENAISSANCE;

POWER PLANTS;

EID: 52249099240     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (4)

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2. M. D. Carelli and B. Petrovic, "Here's Looking at IRIS," Nuclear Engineering International, March 2006, pp. 12-17.
3. th International Conference in Nuclear Engineering, Beijing, China, May 16-20, 2005, ICONE 13-50712.
4. "Cost Estimating Guidelines for Generation IV Nuclear Energy Systems," Rev. 3, November 30, 2006, GIF/EMWG/2006/003, available at www.gen-4.org.