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Fast Breeder Reactor Economics

Zaleski, Pierre (1985), Fast Breeder Reactor Economics, in Ott, Karl O.; Spinrad, Bernard I., Nuclear Energy - A Sensible Alternative, Springer : Berlin, p. 153-178. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-4589-3_8

Type
Chapitre d'ouvrage
Date
1985
Book title
Nuclear Energy - A Sensible Alternative
Book author
Ott, Karl O.; Spinrad, Bernard I.
Publisher
Springer
Published in
Berlin
ISBN
978-1-4684-4591-6
Pages
153-178
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Author(s)
Zaleski, Pierre
Abstract (EN)
The long-term incentive for the development of breeders is well known: better use of natural uranium in order to extend the potential of nuclear energy by a factor of 50 with given uranium resources, and in fact by a much larger factor, since also uranium resources from low-grade ores can be used economically in breeder reactors. Nuclear energy without breeders represents a relatively modest contribution to the world’s total energy supply; with breeders, it allows thousands of years of high energy consumption.
Subjects / Keywords
nuclear energy; breeders
JEL
O13 - Agriculture; Natural Resources; Energy; Environment; Other Primary Products