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The effect upon the nuclear contribution of adding advanced converters with the LWRS
is shown in Fig. 6.2-23 for the high-cost U308 supply. The HWR has the largest effect,
increasing the nuclear con,$ribution of the system to approximately 810 GWe in year 2035.
The larger effect of the advanced converters in this option compared to their effect in
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Fig. 6.2-24. Utilization and Movement of Fissile Material in an LWR Nuclear System
Minimizing the Production and Use of Plutonium (Case 5UL, High-Cost U308 Supply) (Year
2035).
the throwaway option for this ore supply is primarily due to the fact that reprocessing is
available in this case. The availability of reprocessing effectively increases the amount
of U3O8 available after the advanced converters are introduced and therefore increases the
amount of U308 upon which the advanced converters can employ their resource savings.
The utilization and movement in year 2035 of fissile material per GWe of installed
capacity for the system utilizing LWRs only (Case 5UL) is shown in Fig. 6.2-24.
U& consumption is approximately 36 ST U&/GWe.
is supplied with approximately 170 kg of fissile plutonium in fresh fuel per GWe of installed
capacity and it comprises 13% of the installed capacity. This can be compared to the
classical case of plutonium recycle in which approximately 54% of the installed capacity must
*The movement of fissile material in all cases is a function of time, Furthermore, it is
affected by first-core charges and last-core discharges (which are included in Fig. 6.2-24
and subsequent similar figures). The fissile balance for a decaying (or growing) system
differs significantly from that of a static system.
*
The annual
The LWR transmuting plutonium to 233U