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Kalkar nuclear power station (1971)
| Author | Schneller Brüter GbR |
| Date | July 1971 |
| Classification | 2.01.8.10/23 (GERMANY - KALKAR - GENERAL) |
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From the publication:
Today large-capacity power stations with nuclear reactors as the heat source are constructed in many countries throughout the world. The nuclear power stations at Biblis (Germany), Doel (Belgium), and Borssele (The Netherlands) incorporating water-cooled reactors are examples of this. The fuel costs of these nuclear power stations depend on the individual market price paid for the processed uranium ore. The demand for uranium will rise according to the increasing number of water-cooled reactors to be built in the decades to come. But there is just a limited supply to meet this demand. In nuclear power stations with fast reactors uranium is utilized much better as a result of the breeding process, since in this type of reactor depleted uranium which cannot be utilized in water reactors is converted into fuel. On that account an increase in demand for this type of nuclear power stations may be anticipated. The Consortium SNR has developed a prototype of a sodium-cooled fast reactor (SNR) for the nuclear power station proposed at Kalkar, with considerable financial support from the governments of the Federal Republic of Germany, the Kingdom of Belgium and the Kingdom of the Netherlands, in order to demonstrate the reliability and economic performance of nuclear power stations of this type. The thermal output of this reactor will be approx. 730 MW which can be increased later on. The electrical output obtained will be about 300 MW. A site located on the outskirts of the town of Kalkar on the Lower Rhine has been proposed to the licensing authorities for the nuclear power station. The concept of the power station, for which the licensing procedures are under way, will be described below.
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