Title of article
EconomicpotentialofmodularreactornuclearpowerplantsbasedontheChineseHTR-PMprojectOriginalResearchArticle
Author/Authors
ZuoyiZhang، نويسنده , , YuliangSun، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2007
Pages
10
From page
2265
To page
2274
Abstract
ModularreactorswithimprovedsafetyfeatureshavebeendevelopedaftertheThree-MileIslandaccident.Economicsofsmallmodularreactorscomparedtolargelightwaterreactorswhosepoweroutputis10timeshigheristhemajorissueforthesekindofreactorstobeintroducedintothemarket.BasedontheChinesehightemperaturegas-cooledreactorpebble-bedmodule(HTR-PM)project,thispaperanalyzeseconomicalpotentialsofmodularreactornuclearpowerplants.Thereactorplantequipmentsaredividedinto6categoriessuchasRPVandreactorinternals,otherNSSScomponentsandsoon.Theeconomicimpactoftheseequipmentsisanalyzed.ItisfoundthatthemajordifferencebetweenanHTR-PMplantandaPWRisthecapitalcostsoftheRPVandthereactorinternals.Thefact,however,thatRPVandreactorinternalscostsaccountforonly2%ofthetotalplantcostsinPWRplantsdemonstratesthelimitedinfluenceofthisdifference.OnthepremiseofmultipleNSSSmodulesforminganuclearpowerplantwithaplantcapacityequivalenttoatypicalPWRplant,anuppervalueandatargetvalueofthetotalplantcapitalcostsareestimated.AcomparisonismadefortwodesignproposalsoftheChineseHTR-PMproject.Itisestimatedthatthespecificcostsofaready-to-build2×250MWthmodularplantwillbeonly5%higherthanthespecificcostsofone458MWthplant.Whenconsideringthetechnicaluncertaintiesofthelatter,a2×250MWthmodularplantseemstobemoreattractive.Finally,fourmainpointsarelistedforMHTGRstoachieveeconomicviability.
Journal title
Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
Serial Year
2007
Journal title
Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
Record number
941441
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