The
Modular Helium Reactor for the Twenty-First Century:Malcolm P. La Bar & Walter A. Simon
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| PWR | GT-MHR | ||
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| Reactor rating | |||
| Thermal power (MWt) | 3 914 | 600 | |
| Power units per plant | 1 | 4 | |
| Plant thermal power (MWt) | 3 931 | 2 400 | |
| Thermal efficiency (%) | 35 | 48 | |
| Plant electrical power (MWe) | 1 385 | 1 145 | |
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| Thermal discharge | |||
| Thermal discharge (GWt/GWe) | 1.8 | 1.1 | |
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| Equilibrium fuel cycle | |||
| Heavy metal loading (t/GWt) | 26.8 | 7.5 | |
| Average enrichment level (%) | 4.2 | 15.5 | |
| Enrichment (tSWU/GWe-year) | 135 | 221 | |
| Burnup (GWd/tHM) | 47.8 | 121 | |
| Uranium consumption (t/GWe-year) | 181 | 246 | |
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| Spent fuel | |||
| Discharged heavy metal (t/GWe-year) | 21.4 | 5.4 | |
| Average enrichment level (% U-235/total U) | 0.9 | 4.8 | |
| Discharged plutonium (kg/GWe-year) | 235 | 109 | |
| Discharged Pu-239 (kg/GWe-year) | 171 | 43 | |
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Modular Helium Reactor for the Twenty-First Century: