GAC - ANL TNS SCOPING STUDIES STATUS REPORT FOR FY-77 OCTOBER 1,1976- SEPTEMBER 30,1977 VOLUME I SUMMARY

摘要

This volume, the first of a total of eleven, summarizes the major results of a one-year effort in a continuing study of the TNS (The ltfext Step) program being funded by the Department of Energy. In this study, five candidate reactors were identified, ranging from a copper toroidal field coil ignition test reactor (ITR) with a 10 second burn and a 0.1 duty factor to a superconducting T F coil ignition test reactor which can be upgraded to an experimental power reactor. Study emphasis was placed on a 3.8 m ITR with superconducting T F coils designed for a 30 second burn and a duty factor of 0.1. The results indicate that such a reactor is technically feasible and that it can be built in about 6-1/2 years after completion of a 3-year program of conceptual design and initial preliminary design. The cost of this particular facility is approximately $475 million (1977 dollars) without escalation and R&D costs.