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A Schematic <strong>of</strong> an ADSR<br />
Use three<br />
accelerators<br />
for reliability<br />
Energy Amplifier or Accelerator Driven Subcritical Reactor<br />
World NUCLEAR POWER REACTORS 2003-04<br />
Belgium<br />
Canada*<br />
China**<br />
France<br />
Germany<br />
India<br />
Japan<br />
Korea (South)<br />
Russia<br />
Sweden<br />
United Kingdom<br />
USA<br />
WORLD<br />
billion<br />
kWh<br />
44.6<br />
70.3<br />
79.0<br />
420.7<br />
157.4<br />
16.4<br />
230.8<br />
123.3<br />
138.4<br />
65.5<br />
85.3<br />
763.7<br />
2525<br />
% e<br />
55<br />
13<br />
**<br />
78<br />
28<br />
3<br />
25<br />
40<br />
17<br />
50<br />
24<br />
20<br />
16<br />
Operating<br />
7<br />
17<br />
15<br />
59<br />
18<br />
14<br />
54<br />
19<br />
30<br />
11<br />
23<br />
103<br />
438<br />
Building<br />
0<br />
1<br />
4<br />
0<br />
0<br />
9<br />
3<br />
1<br />
5<br />
0<br />
0<br />
1<br />
28<br />
Planned/<br />
Proposed<br />
0<br />
2<br />
26<br />
0<br />
0<br />
24<br />
12<br />
8<br />
9<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
106<br />
Relative costs <strong>of</strong> electricity in the US (2003)<br />
Costs <strong>of</strong> Electricity Generation (2003)<br />
(25-year capital recovery, 85% lifetime capacity factor)<br />
Source<br />
Cents/kWe-hr<br />
Nuclear 7.0<br />
Coal 4.4<br />
Gas 4.1<br />
Nuclear Costs with reduced<br />
Construction costs by 25% 5.8<br />
Construction time by 12 months 5.6<br />
Cost <strong>of</strong> capital ≡ coal and gas 4.7<br />
With Carbon Tax $50/tC $100/tC $200/tC<br />
Coal 5.6 6.8 9.2<br />
Gas 4.6 5.1 6.2
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