| Abstract: | The article describes how a calculated-expense formula can be used for analyzing the economics of the fuel cycle of a fast plutonium reactor. The proposed formula takes account of the down time in the fuel cycle for the fissionable material of the active zone and the blankets. It gives the results of the calculations, which are used for investigating how the fuel component of the calculated expenses depends on the power density and the  flattening of the active zone of a reactor with an electrical power of 1000 MW.Translated from Atomnaya Énergiya, Vol. 21, No. 5, pp. 360–363, November, 1966. |
