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T h e preliminary design o f a 3095-Mw(thermal), helium-cooled, graphite-moderated reactor employing graphite-U02 fuel elements has been investigated. At design conditions, 150OOF reactor outlet gas would be circulated t o eight steam generators to produce 1O5O0F, 1450-psi steam which would be converted to electrical power i n eight 157-Mw(electrica1) turbine-generators. The overall efficiency of t h i s nuclear power station i s 36.5%. The significant a c t i v i t i e s released from the unclad graphite-U02 fuel appear t o be less than 0.2% of those produced and would be equivalent to 0.002 curie/cm3 in the primary helium circuit. The maintenance problems associated with this contamination level are discussed. A cost analysis indicates that the capital cost o f this nuclear station per electrical k i l o w a t t would be around $220, and that the production cost o f electrical power would be 7.8 milIs/kwhr.
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