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Yes if it is supposed to run for 30 years. See the "Reactors with Lifetime Cores" section of https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/commission/slides/
by doikor 5y ago
Yes if it is supposed to run for 30 years.
See the "Reactors with Lifetime Cores" section of
https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/commission/slides/2014/20141105/glaser-11-05-14.pdf https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/commission/sl...
- moralestapia 5y agoThanks, I had no idea they consumed that much. The ref. is for 200MWe so I'd guess that for 1-5MW it would be less but no idea if it scales linearly. Also, could you load all the fuel at once and leave it running? Or would you have to refuel every n years?
- ska 5y ago> Also, could you load all the fuel at once and leave it running? Some designs call for exactly this. After all it's heavy, so the volume isn't much.