Preliminary studies conducted by the Facilities Engineering Support Agency indicate that the electrical power and recoverable waste heat from a 50- to 100-MW nuclear energy center could supply the future power and space conditioning requirements of a large military installation. The plant design under study is powered by a high-temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR) providing electrical energy and precooler effluent of sufficiently high temperature (200 C) for use in a pressurized water district heating network. The military installation was found to be an attractive candidate for utilization of waste heat and electrical power from a central plant because of its size, diversity of energy demand, and operational character. The HTGR system was shown to have an economic advantage over a comparable system using a pressurized water reactor. It is concluded that the nuclear total energy system is technically feasible and capable of serving the utility needs of military installations in the late 1980s.


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    Title :

    Dual-purpose nuclear power plants for military installations


    Additional title:

    Mehrzweck-Kernkraftwerke fuer militaerische Anlagen


    Contributors:
    Stewart, G.S. (author) / Story, G.T. (author)

    Published in:

    Nuclear Technology ; 38 , 2 ; 264-270


    Publication date :

    1978


    Size :

    7 Seiten


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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