A Compact Gas-Cooled Fast Reactor with an Ultra-Long Fuel Cycle

Table 3

Comparison of mass flow for once-through fuel cycle.

	ALWR	EM^2
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