BraveNewClimate Update FR FaD 13 – cost comparison of IFR and thermal reactors

IFR FaD 13 – cost comparison of IFR and thermal reactors by Barry Brook

This is the fourth and final part of the series of extracts from the book Plentiful Energy — The story of the Integral Fast Reactor by Chuck Till and Yoon Chang.

 

For reference, here are the previous entries:

Part 1 (metal fuels and plutonium).

Part 2 (coolant choice and reactor configuration).

Part 3 (lessons learned from fast reactor capital costs).

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