Open Access
Table B.1
Reactor and fuel cycle data.
| Item | Units | RBMK | VVER | VVERm | VVERm(mox) | SFR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reactor data | ||||||
| Plant lifetime | yr | 50 | 50 | 60 | 60 | 60 |
| Reactor thermal output | MWth | 3200 | 3000 | 3300 | 3300 | 2800 |
| Reactor electric output | MWe | 1000 | 1000 | 1250 | 1250 | 1250 |
| Auxiliary power consumption | % | 6.5 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 5.0 |
| Average load factor | %/100 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.93 | 0.93 | 0.90 |
| Construction time | yr | – | – | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Capital investments schedule | – | – | uniform | uniform | uniform | |
| Fuel cycle data | ||||||
| Thermal reactor fuel cycle data | ||||||
| Initial core inventory | tHM | 134.4 | 75 | 77 | 77 | – |
| Enrichment (initial loading) | % | 2.4 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 3.9 | – |
| Equilibrium loading (UOX) | tHM/yr | 44.8 | 20.5 | 23.4 | 13.7 | – |
| Enrichment (eq.loading) | % | 2.4 | 4.70 | 4.74 | 4.86 | – |
| Equilibrium loading (MOX) | tHM/yr | – | – | – | 9.7 | – |
| Pu content in MOX fuel (eq.loading) | % | – | – | – | 9 | – |
| Annual Pu production | tHM/yr | 0.22 | 0.24 | 0.27 | 0.76 | – |
| Tail assay | % | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | – |
| Fast reactor fuel cycle data | ||||||
| SFR initial core inventory: | ||||||
| core, MOX/U/Pu | tHM/tHM/tHM | – | – | – | – | 41.6/34.2/7.4 |
| axial blanket, UOX/235U | tHM/% | – | – | – | – | 20.2/0.2 |
| radial blanket, UOX/235U | tHM/% | – | – | – | – | 44.4/0.2 |
| SFR equilibrium loading: | ||||||
| core, MOX/U/Pu | tHM/tHM/tHM | – | – | – | – | 7.6/6.2/1.4 |
| axial blanket, UOX/235U | tHM/% | – | – | – | – | 3.7/0.2 |
| radial blanket, UOX/235U | tHM/% | – | – | – | – | 5.0/0.2 |
| SFR annual spent fuel discharge: | ||||||
| core, MOX SF/Pu | tHM+FP/tHM | – | – | – | – | 7.6/1.3 |
| axial blanket, UOX SF/Pu | tHM+FP/tHM | – | – | – | – | 3.7/0.17 |
| radial blanket, UOX SF/Pu | tHM+FP/tHM | – | – | – | – | 5.0/0.13 |
| Other data | ||||||
| Average discharged burnup (UOX/MOX) | MW day/kgHM | 20.0 | 48.0 | 47.9 | 49/46 | 113 |
| # of refuelling batches,core/ax.bl./rad.bl. | # | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5/5/8 |
| Cooling time,core/ax.bl./rad.bl. | yr | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5/5/3 |
Current usage metrics show cumulative count of Article Views (full-text article views including HTML views, PDF and ePub downloads, according to the available data) and Abstracts Views on Vision4Press platform.
Data correspond to usage on the plateform after 2015. The current usage metrics is available 48-96 hours after online publication and is updated daily on week days.
Initial download of the metrics may take a while.