STUDY OF 40 MW PRESSURIZED WATER, BOILING WATER, AND ORGANIC MODERATED REACTORS FOR PRODUCTION OF PROCESS STEAM

The study efforts were toward the creation of a reactor design for each of the three types and the development of each concept to a point where the range of costs could be established. The studies presented have high burnup cores of low enrichment in an effort to minimize fuel costs. Of the three designs presented to deliver 1.25 x 10/sup 5/ lb/hr of 380 deg F steam at 196 psia the PWR core is the most favorable. (W.D.W.