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It sounds a little high, but not massively so. I couldn't find fuel weight in a BWR-3, but a RBMK reactor (Chernobyl) contains between 150 and 200 tons of Uran
by joha4270 2y ago
It sounds a little high, but not massively so.
I couldn't find fuel weight in a BWR-3, but a RBMK reactor (Chernobyl) contains between 150 and 200 tons of Uranium.
Now, a RBMK runs natural uranium, so you're going to be using more fuel for the same power, but it suggests the number isn't totally whack.
I would not be surprised by it being a typo, but depending on what you include in "melted fuel" (fuel assembly, reactor parts, etc), 880 tons isn't outrageously high either.