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Table D -2. Maximum Electrical Energy
Demand Satisfied by Regional Coal Plants
New England
(NE) 3.9
Middle Atlantic
(MA) 13.1
East North
Central (ENC) 19.5
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total U308 consumed plus committed per
GWe of nuclear power constructed through
the year 2050, is also given for these
% Of Heat ‘Ontent cases. As noted, recycling plutonium in
Electrical Sales (Btu/lb)
LWRs reduces U30s usage by 38% per GWe,
13,500 reduction.
11,783
10,711
while introducing the FBR results in a 62%
With the intermediate-cost U308
supply, 1300 GWe for the FBR case becomes
almost 1800 GWe in 2040 (see Case 3LU in
West North
Central (WNC) 6.6 9 , 408
Fig. D-2c). The nuclear power peak for
each of the ore supplies occurs around
South Atlantic
(SA)
East South
16.6 11,855
the year 2040, although the installed
nuclear capacity is very flat at this
Central (ESC) 9.6 11,006 point.
West South
Central (WSC) 12.2 6 , 583 The disadvantage of classical
Moutain (MT) 4.9 9,637 plutonium recycle in FBRs is demonstrated
Pacific (PA) 13.5 8,101 in Fig. D -2d for Case 3L. Here the two
Pu-fueled reactors are inside the energy
center and the LEU-LWR is outside the
center. It can be seen that after about 2020, the ratio of reactors that can be located
outside the center to those inside is less than unity and rapidly decreasing. In fact, as
Fig. D-1.
RELATIVE POWER COST
HEDL 7805090.50
Effect of Changing Nuclear Power Costs on the Nuclear Market Fraction.