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Reactor strategies and the energy crisis

AuteurW.Häfele, W.Schikorr
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Classificatie 6.01.0.20/81 (BELANG MONDIAAL)
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Uit de publicatie:

Reactor Strategies and the Energy Crisis

by
W. Häfele and W. Schikorr (x)

International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria.

I) Introduction and historical review.

Reactor Strategies as a research topic came up in the early sixties. At that time light 
water reactors LWR, heavy water reactors, advanced thermal reactors and breeders 
were under development and it was not obvious what their relative role in satisfying 
a given demand of electricity would be. In certain quarters for instance, there was a 
strong feeling that an intermediate reactor generation would be required to bridge a 
gap that was felt to be between the capabilities of light water reactors and that of 
breeder reactors. The heavy water reactor, the spectral shift reactor and sometimes 
the high temperature gas cooled reactor (HTGR) were, among others, considered to be 
candidates for such an intermediate function. Along with it went a reflection on the 
desired parameters of fast breeder reactors (FBR). Along these lines a traditional 
attitude was prevailing by asking only for short doubling times of such FBR's. The 
scheme of a doubling time was introduced by the early pioneers at Argonne National 
Laboratory and elsewhere. They were under the impression of fairly limited uranium 
resources. In the early sixties it was clear however that the uranium

(x) Institut für Angewandte Systemtechnik und Reaktorphysik,
Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe.

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