Research Article
A Compact Gas-Cooled Fast Reactor with an Ultra-Long Fuel Cycle
Table 3
Comparison of mass flow for once-through fuel cycle.
| | ALWR | EM2 |
| Comparative power output, MWe | 1117 | 1117 | Number of units | 1 | 4.2 | Refueling period, year | 1.5 | 34 | Number of batches | 2.3 | 1 | Fuel burnup, GWd/tHM | 60 | 145 | 60-year operation | | | (i) Heavy metal loading, ton | 1522 | 318 | (ii) Heavy metal discharge, ton | 1425 | 270 |
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