Economic analysis of grid and wire wrap supported hydride and oxide fueled pressurized water reactors

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 239, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1505-1530

  Shuffler, C ^a   Diller, P ^a   Malen, J ^a   Todreas, N ^a   Greenspan, E ^a   Petrovic, B ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL COSTS; CAPITAL INVESTMENT; COST SAVING; CRITICAL HEAT FLUX; DIFFERENT GEOMETRY; ECONOMIC BENEFITS; ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE; FUEL CYCLE; FUEL CYCLE COSTS; FUEL TYPES; GRID SPACER; HEXAGONAL ARRAYS; NEW DESIGN; NUCLEAR UTILITIES; OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE; OPTIMAL GEOMETRY; PLANT LIFE; PRIMARY SYSTEMS; PUMPING CAPACITY; SECONDARY LOOPS; SQUARE ARRAY; TIME FRAME; UNIT COST OF ELECTRICITY;

COSTS; DESIGN; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FUELS; GEOMETRY; HEAT FLUX; INVESTMENTS; MAINTENANCE; OPTIMIZATION; PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS; RETROFITTING; SMALL NUCLEAR REACTORS; WATER ANALYSIS; WIRE; ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 67349098468     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2009.01.017     Document Type: Article

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