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> Today there is some expectation that a fast reactor with a closed cycle gas turbine could undercut the capital cost of an LWR. No there isn't. Check your fig
by Maursault 4y ago
> Today there is some expectation that a fast reactor with a closed cycle gas turbine could undercut the capital cost of an LWR.
No there isn't. Check your figures. Breeder reactors literally cost twice as much as light water reactors of comparable power.
- PaulHoule 4y agoThat is the old data from the 1980s. That assumes you have heat exchangers with miles and miles of pipe that will fail annoyingly (but not catastrophically) if a pinhole leak causes water to contact sodium. If you are working at higher temperatures with printed circuit heat exchangers the whole thing is dramatically smaller.
- Maursault 4y agoThe data is current. It has not and is not possible to build a breeder reactor for less than a water cooled reactor. And breeder reactors are more costly to operate. Nothing has changed. Make it profitable, and you can have all the breeder reactors you want.