Chapter 4761

The fourth-generation nuclear power technology obtained by Anliang is the technical direction of the "traveling wave reactor" route.

The characteristics of the fourth-generation nuclear power technology in this direction are indeed high fuel utilization and excellent safety.

Currently, traditional third-generation nuclear power plants use uranium 235 as fuel, and the minimum abundance must reach 3%.

However, in natural uranium ore, the content of uranium 235 is only 0.72%, and the rest is 99.275% uranium 238 and 0.005% uranium 234.

If you want to purify uranium 235 from 0.72% abundance to more than 3%, it will take a lot of energy, human resources, and various equipment.

In short, if you want to purify uranium 235, you will need to spend a lot of 23 economic costs.

As for wanting to purify uranium 235 to the level of making weapons?

Sorry! .

This seemingly simple thing is actually very difficult.

After all, the enrichment of uranium 235 must be increased to more than 90% to make nuclear weapons.

However, most countries in the world cannot do this.

Before, the bald eagle used a bag of laundry detergent to slander a certain country for making weapon-grade enriched uranium 235, which was a pure insult to other people's IQ.

That little Karami country can make weapon-grade enriched uranium 235 with an enrichment of more than 90%?

Just kidding!

The fourth-generation nuclear power plant with the "traveling wave reactor" technology direction has no requirements for the enrichment of uranium 235, because the fourth-generation nuclear power plant with the "traveling wave reactor" technology direction can not only use uranium 235 as fuel, but also uranium 238 as fuel.

No

This statement is inaccurate!

A more accurate statement is that the fourth-generation nuclear power plant with the "traveling wave reactor" technology route can be compared to "candle burning".

Among them, uranium 235 is equivalent to the candle wick, and uranium 238 is equivalent to the surrounding wax oil.

When the candle wick is lit, the fission reaction of uranium 235 itself will release neutrons, which will combine with uranium 238 to become plutonium 239, thus continuing to keep the candle burning.

The fourth-generation nuclear power plant with the traveling wave reactor technology route can burn the newly generated plutonium 239.

Given that the content of uranium 238 in natural uranium ore reaches 99.275%, and the fourth-generation nuclear power plant with the traveling wave reactor technology route is equivalent to directly using uranium 238, Huang Guoxiang said that the fourth-generation nuclear power plant with the traveling wave reactor technology route has extremely high fuel utilization efficiency.

In fact, it is true!

The traveling wave reactor has improved fuel utilization efficiency by hundreds of times, reducing fuel costs by more than a hundred times, thereby greatly reducing the power generation cost of the fourth-generation nuclear power plant with the traveling wave reactor technology route.

In addition, given that the fourth-generation nuclear power plant with the traveling wave reactor technology route is also very good in terms of safety, once built, it will be maintenance-free for at least 30 years.

So it is equivalent toThe fourth generation nuclear power plant will also have a relatively low human resource cost.

The only problem is that the comprehensive construction cost is higher than that of the third generation nuclear power plant?

But for the fourth generation nuclear power plant with the traveling wave reactor technology route that has been operating steadily for at least 30 years, such an increase in comprehensive construction cost is reasonable, right?

But who said that the fourth generation nuclear power plant with the traveling wave reactor route only has two technical advantages: excellent fuel utilization efficiency and excellent safety performance?

"Old Huang, who told you that our fourth generation nuclear power plant is not good in terms of power?" An Liang asked back.

Huang Guoxiang responded hesitantly, "Could it be that your fourth generation nuclear power plant can also do very well in terms of power?"

"Of course!" An Liang answered affirmatively, "It's nothing more than a choice between economic benefits and costs."

"You should know that our fourth generation nuclear power plant follows the traveling wave reactor technology route, right?" An Liang asked.

Huang Guoxiang nodded affirmatively, "Well, I have learned about this, and I also know the details of the traveling wave reactor technology route."

Huang Guoxiang added that the traveling wave reactor technology route can convert uranium 238 into plutonium 239 through the fission reaction of uranium 235, and cited the metaphor of "candle burning".

"According to what you said, comparing our fourth-generation nuclear power plant to candle burning is a very appropriate metaphor!" An Liang praised.

Huang Guoxiang responded, "This is what Director Ding Ziqiang of the National Institute of High Energy Physics said."

An Liang did not comment, he responded, "If we now use higher-enriched uranium 235 fuel in the fourth-generation nuclear power plant, is it equivalent to enlarging the candle wick?"

"Will a larger candle wick burn more vigorously?" An Liang asked.

Huang Guoxiang seemed to be a little surprised, as if this was indeed the truth!

"So your fourth-generation nuclear power plant can indeed be made more powerful?" Huang Guoxiang asked.

An Liang corrected, "You should want to ask whether our fourth-generation nuclear power technology of the traveling wave reactor technology route can be miniaturized while maintaining sufficient power, right?"

"Yes, yes, yes!" Huang Guoxiang affirmed, "Like the A1B nuclear reactor of the bald eagle, it is just a cylinder with a diameter of about five meters and a height of about six meters, but the power of the new A1B nuclear reactor reaches 700,000 kilowatts!"

"Its volume is so small, but the power is so large, can you do this?" Huang Guoxiang asked.