Nuclear power : technical and institutional options for the future / / Committee on Future Nuclear Power Development, Energy Engineering Board [and] Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council

• Pubblicazione: Washington, : National Academy Press, 1992
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (233 p.)
• Disciplina: 333.792/4
• Soggetto topico: Nuclear energy
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Nuclear Power -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Summary -- GENERAL CONCLUSIONS -- Electricity Demand -- Construction Costs and Times -- Performance -- Public Attitudes -- Safety -- Institutional Changes -- Industry -- Nuclear Regulatory Commission -- Industry and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission -- Department of Energy -- Environmental Protection Agency -- Administration and Congress -- Other -- Alternative Reactor Technologies -- Net Assessment -- Alternative Research and Development Programs -- 1 Introduction -- THE COMMITTEE'S CHARGE -- REFERENCES -- 2 The Institutional Framework -- FUTURE ELECTRICITY GENERATION -- Future Demand -- Future Supply -- Growth in Competition -- Integrated Resource Planning -- Environmental Factors -- ELECTRICITY GENERATION COSTS -- Capital Carrying Charges -- Operation, Maintenance, and Fuel Costs -- Nuclear Costs in Other Countries -- Costs of Disallowances -- Liability Protection -- UTILITY MANAGEMENT OF CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATIONS -- Concurrent Design and Construction -- Standardization -- Plant Management -- Plant Performance -- PUBLIC ATTITUDES -- Influencing Factors -- Ambiguity of Polls -- Improving Public Attitudes -- SAFETY ISSUES -- Prevention of Nuclear Accidents -- Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Safety Policy -- Utility Improvement and Self-Regulation -- Safety of Existing Reactors -- HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL -- LICENSING AND REGULATION -- The New Licensing Rule -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission -- Impact of Advanced Reactors -- Relations with Licensees -- Possible Conflicts of Interest -- STATE REGULATION OF NUCLEAR POWER -- State Safety Regulation -- State Economic Regulation -- REFERENCES -- 3 Assessment of Advanced Nuclear Reactor Technologies -- OVERVIEW OF ADVANCED REACTOR TECHNOLOGIES -- Large Evolutionary Light Water Reactors -- Advanced Boiling Water Reactor. ; Core Design. -- Fluid Systems. -- Control and Instrumentation. -- Containment. -- Advanced Pressurized Water Reactor -- Core Design. -- Steam Generators. -- Fluid Systems. -- Control and Instrumentation. -- Containment. -- System 80+ Standard Design Pressurized Water Reactor -- Core Design. -- Steam Generators. -- Fluid Systems. -- Control and Instrumentation. -- Containment. -- Mid-Sized Light Water Reactors With Passive Safety Features -- Advanced Passive Pressurized Water Reactor -- Core Design. -- Steam Generators. -- Fluid Systems. -- Control and Instrumentation. -- Containment. -- Modular Construction. -- Simplified Boiling Water Reactor -- Core Design. -- Fluid Systems. -- Control and Instrumentation. -- Containment. -- Modular Construction. -- Other Reactor Concepts -- CANDU-3 Heavy Water Reactor -- Core Design. -- Steam Generators. -- Fluid Systems. -- Control and Instrumentation. -- Containment. -- Modular Construction. -- Safe Integral Reactor -- Core Design. -- Steam Generators. -- Control and Instrumentation. -- Fluid Systems. -- Containment. -- Modular Construction. -- Modular High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor -- Core Design. -- Steam Generator. -- Fluid Systems. -- Control and Instrumentation. -- Containment. -- Modular Construction. -- Process Inherent Ultimate Safety Reactor -- Core Design -- Steam Generators. -- Fluid Systems. -- Control and Instrumentation. -- Containment. -- Modular Construction. -- PRISM Liquid Metal Reactor -- Core Design. -- Steam Generator. -- Fluid Systems. -- Control and Instrumentation. -- Containment. -- Modular Construction. -- In Situ Metallurgical Reprocessing of Fuel. -- Actinide Transmutation. -- EVALUATION OF THE TECHNOLOGIES -- Safety -- Discussion -- Summary -- Economy -- Discussion -- Summary -- Market Suitability -- Discussion -- Summary -- Fuel Cycle -- Discussion -- Summary. ; Safeguards and Physical Security -- Discussion -- Summary -- Development Risks -- Discussion -- Summary -- Licensing -- Discussion -- Summary -- Overall Assessment -- REFERENCES -- 4 Federal Research and Development Alternatives -- CURRENT PROGRAMS -- Funding Projections for Near-Term and Long-Term Technologies -- Facilities Currently Supported by Department of Energy -- FEDERAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ALTERNATIVES -- Assumptions -- Irradiation Test Capability -- Nuclear Regulatory Commission Research -- Common Research Elements -- Reactor Research -- University Research -- Operational Performance Improvement and Plant Life Extension -- Alternative Program 1: Light Water Reactor Development and Common Research Elements -- Introduction to Alternatives 2 and 3 -- Alternative Program 2: Alternative 1 Plus Liquid Metal Reactor Development -- Alternative Program 3: Alternative 1 Plus Accelerated Liquid Metal Reactor Development, Including Light Water Reactor… -- Excluded Programs -- Costs of the Alternatives -- Additional Considerations -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- 5 Conclusions and Recommendations -- GENERAL CONCLUSIONS -- Electricity Demand -- Costs -- Construction Costs -- Construction Time -- Prudency -- Operation -- Performance -- Public Attitudes -- Safety -- Institutional Changes -- Industry -- Standardization. -- Nuclear Regulatory Commission -- Industry and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission -- Department of Energy -- Environmental Protection Agency -- Administration and Congress -- Other -- Summary -- Alternative Reactor Technologies -- Large Evolutionary Light Water Reactors -- Mid-sized Light Water Reactors with Passive Safety Features -- CANDU Heavy Water Reactor -- Modular High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor -- Safe Integral Reactor and Process Inherent Ultimate Safety Reactor -- Liquid Metal Reactor -- Net Assessment. ; Alternative Research and Development Programs -- Individual Views -- NEIL E. TODREAS -- HOWARD K. SHAPAR -- Appendix A Committee Meetings -- Appendix B Criteria Developed for the Comparative Analysis of Advanced Reactor Technologies -- A. SAFETY IN OPERATION -- B. ECONOMY OF CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION -- C. SUITABILITY FOR FUTURE MARKETS -- D. FUEL CYCLE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS -- E. RESISTANCE TO DIVERSION AND SABOTAGE -- F. TECHNOLOGY RISK AND DEVELOPMENT SCHEDULE -- G. AMENABILITY TO EFFICIENT AND PREDICTABLE LICENSING -- H. NET ASSESSMENT -- List of Acronyms.
• Titolo autorizzato: Nuclear power
• ISBN: 1-280-21175-X; 9786610211753; 0-309-59507-X; 0-585-08549-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910812494603321
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