http://bravenewclimate.com/2012/04/07/ifr-fad-12/ |
IFR FaD 12 – lessons learned from fast reactor capital costsby Barry Brook |
This is the third of a four-part series of extracts from the book Plentiful Energy — The story of the Integral Fast Reactor by Chuck Till and Yoon Chang.
Reproduced
with permission of the authors, these sections describe and justify
some of the key design choices that went into the making the IFR a
different -- and highly successful -- approach to fast neutron reactor
technology and its associated fuel recycling.
These
excerpts not only provide a fascinating insight into a truly
sustainable form nuclear power; they also provide excellent reference
material for refuting many of the spurious claims on the internet about
IFR by people who don't understand (or choose to wilfully misrepresent)
this critically important technology.
The third extract looks at the history of costs for commercial fast reactors to date (e.g., Superphenix
in France). What can this tell us about the possible future costs of
the IFR? (the final part will do a comparison with light water
reactors). This section is drawn from pages 274-277 of Plentiful Energy. To buy the book ($18 US) and get the full story, go to Amazon or CreateSpace. (Note that the i
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