Tandem Mirror Hybrid Reactor Study (LLL Purchase Order 3323609 Dated October 20, 1978)

摘要

In any nuclear power plant, reactor design and performance are the major determining and driving factors of the plant economic and technical viability. However, the balance-of-plant (BOP) - which includes heat transport and energy conversion systems, plant auxiliary systems, plant electrical system, and structures and facilities - has a major effect on the plant economics. In fact, the BOP can account for as much as 70 to 85 percent of the total plant capital cost and therefore will have a significant impact upon the economic viability of the plant. Further, decisions made in the reactor design can have significant impact on the BOP design. A preconceptual BOP design and an order-of-magnitude cost estimate were developed for the helium cooled TMHR and are described. (ERA citation 05:028198)