Fission Power: An Evolutionary Strategy

Feiveson, Harold A.; Hippel, Frank von; Williams, Robert H.

doi:10.1126/science.203.4378.330

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“…The energy crisis is likely to be with us for a long time, and even the most enthusiastic proponents of the present form of nuclear power must realize that providing 50% or more of our energy requirements by nuclear means would involve a tremendous proliferation of nuclear reactors and their attendant industries (reprocessing plants, etc.). This assumes that sufficient nuclear fuel would be available and the system would remain economically feasible (see Koslow 1977;Feiveson et al 1979). This vast increase in the nuclear industry would not only increase the risk of serious accidents, but would also create a serious and costly problem of waste management.…”

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confidence: 98%

Nuclear energy: Production and problems

Berlyn

Dhillon

Koslow

1980

Environmental Management

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Nuclear energy: Production and problems

Berlyn

Dhillon

Koslow

1980

Environmental Management

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“…Economics was an important cause for disenchantment with breeders. Several studies have shown that electricity from breeder reactors is expensive in Ramana comparison with that from light water reactors that dominate the worldÕs nuclear capacity (Bunn et al, 2005;Chow, 1995;Cochran, 1974;Feiveson et al, 1979). In contrast, the Department of Atomic Energy has long claimed that the cost of electricity from breeder reactors is comparable to that of electricity from a pressurized heavy water reactor, the reactor type that accounts for the largest share of nuclear generation in the country (Bhoje, 2003;Paranjpe, 1991).…”

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Why India’s electricity is likely to remain in short supply: The economics of nuclear power

Ramana¹

2013

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

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IndiaÕs government has extremely lofty ambitions for future nuclear energy generation, but the author argues that the poor economics of such generation, among other reasons, will not allow those to be realized. The nuclear establishmentÕs calculations are flawed, and any expansion is likely to lead to a price hike in a country where so many people already cannot afford electricity. The author writes that the governmentÕs inordinate focus on nuclear energy is therefore misguided.

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“…Our approach makes use of a fusion driven fission engine that combines the best aspects of nuclear fusion and fission, termed Laser Inertial Fusion Energy (LIFE), and consists of an ICF neutron source (typically 1 − 2 × 10 20 n/sec) surrounded by a spherical subcritical fission blanket. Fusion-fission hybrid concepts have been studied in the past with encouraging results [12,13,14]. Andrei Sakharov originally discussed the concept of fusion driven fission systems in the 1950's [15].…”

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Parameter study of the LIFE engine nuclear design

Kramer¹,

Meier²,

Latkowski³

et al. 2010

Energy Conversion and Management

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Please save a copy of this form to your computer, complete and upload as 'Checklist for New Submissions'. Your manuscript will be considered incomplete unless all the below requirements have been met. Please initial each step to confirm.(1) I _Kevin Kramer__{enter name} confirm that the work described has not been published previously (except in the form of an abstract or as part of a published lecture or academic thesis), that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, that its publication is approved by all authors and that, if accepted, it will not be published elsewhere in the same form, in English or in any other language, without the written consent of the Publisher.Authors found to be deliberately contravening the submission guidelines on originality and exclusivity shall not be considered for future publication in this journal.(2) The source document is editable, i.e. Word, WordPerfect or Latex _KJK__ {enter initials} AbstractLLNL is developing the nuclear fusion based Laser Inertial Fusion Energy (LIFE) power plant concept. The baseline design uses a depleted uranium (DU) fission fuel blanket with a flowing molten salt coolant (flibe) that also breeds the tritium needed to sustain the fusion energy source. Indirect drive targets, similar to those that will be demonstrated on the National Ignition Facility (NIF), are ignited at ∼13 Hz providing a 500 MW fusion source. The DU is in the form of a uranium oxycarbide kernel in modified TRISO-like fuel particles distributed in a carbon matrix forming 2-cm-diameter pebbles. The thermal power is held at 2000 MW by continuously varying the 6 Li enrichment in the coolants. There are many options to be considered in the engine design including target yield, U-to-C ratio in the fuel, fission blanket thickness, etc. Here we report results of design variations and compare them in terms of various figures of merit such as time to reach a desired burnup, full-power years of operation, time and maximum burnup at power ramp down and the overall balance of plant utilization.

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Fission Power: An Evolutionary Strategy

Cited by 32 publications

References 6 publications

Nuclear energy: Production and problems

Nuclear energy: Production and problems

Why India’s electricity is likely to remain in short supply: The economics of nuclear power

Parameter study of the LIFE engine nuclear design

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