Power analysis of efficiency of nuclear fuel use at nuclear power plants with thermal reactors

The purpose of the work is to determine the methods of improvement of nuclear fuel use and power generation efficiency at existing nuclear power plants with thermal reactors and at designed promising nuclear power plants. The author has used the power methods of power analysis to develop the procedures for computing the characteristics of efficient use of nuclear fuel and power efficiency of nuclear power plants operation using the system approach with due regard for the internal links and outer factors which determine the functioning of nuclear power plants. For the first time the author has computed the specific power consumption, power generation factor, power expense efficiency factor, thermal action factor for nuclear power plants. The author has revealed the effect of the type of nuclear cycle, the coefficient of use of preset power, content of uranium-235 in the dump of a benefication plant, nuclear plant service life on the above characteristics. The said procedure has been introduced and is used in the examination of nuclear power plant design and in comparative analysis of different types of power sourcesAvailable from VNTIC / VNTIC - Scientific & Technical Information Centre of RussiaSIGLERURussian Federatio