Nuclear Power Technology Development Section

TECDOC-1186

Examining the Economics of Seawater Desalination using the DEEP Code

This TECDOC examines in detail the competitiveness of nuclear Seawater desalination. It gives results and interpretations of 500 calculations done with the IAEA software De-salination Economic Evaluation Programme (DEEP), and of four independent national studies. Several power options, desalination technologies, plant sizes and economic sce-narios were considered.

Computer Man-ual Series No. 14

Desalination Economic Evaluation Program (DEEP) User’s Manual

A comprehensive user’s manual for the IAEA software DEEP, available on CD-ROM, version DEEP 2.0. The manual contains installation instructions, gives a brief overview of the technologies included and information and flow-charts on calculation routines used. The appendix “DEEP line by line” explains every equation word in DEEP.

TECDOC-1184

Status of non-electric nuclear heat applications: Technology and safety

Summarizes the recent activities among Member States presented at a TC meeting in April 1999. The purpose of the meeting was to provide a forum for the exchange of up to date information on the prospect, design, safety and licensing aspects, and development of non-electrical application of nuclear heat for industrial use. This mainly included seawater desalination and hydrogen production.

TECDOC-1180

Unusual Occurrences During LMFR Operation

Proceedings of a TCM held in Vienna, 9-13 November 1998.

TECDOC-1175

Technologies for improving current and future light water reactor operation and maintenance: Development on the basis of experience

Proceedings of a TCM hosted by the Nuclear Power Engineering Corp. (NUPEC) at Tokyo Electric Power Company’s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa site in 1999 that was convened to exchange information on technologies for improving operation and maintenance for current and future LWRs. Topics addressed focus on technologies for improving the economic competitiveness while meeting safety objectives.

TECDOC-1172

Small Power and Heat Generation Systems on the Basis of Propulsion and Innova-tive Reactor Technologies

Provides the results of presentations and discussions among an international group of experts brought together to review and assess propulsion reactor design features and operational experience, and alternative applications. Proceedings of the AGM held in Obninsk, Russian Federation, July 1998.

TECDOC-1167

Guidance for preparing user requirements documents for small and medium reactors and their application

This TECDOC recommends a user requirements document (URD) structure and content outline to support developing countries in preparing their URD for various applications of SMRs.

TECDOC-1163

Heat Transport and Afterheat Removal for Gas Cooled Reactors under Accident Conditions

Reports the results of an IAEA CRP conducted to establish sufficient experimental data at realistic conditions and validated analytical tools to confirm the predicted thermal response of modular high temperature gas cooled reactors during accidents.

TECDOC-1157

LMFR Core Thermohydraulics: Status and Prospects

Review of data, codes and methodologies for LMFR core thermohydraulic calculations.

TECDOC-1155

Thorium based fuel options for the generation of electricity: Developments in the 1990s.

Review of the current status of the thorium fuel cycles, worldwide applications, eco-nomic benefits, and perceived advantages with respect to other nuclear fuel cycles. The results of this updated evaluation are summarized in this publication as a contribution toward documenting past experience.

TECDOC-1154

Irradiation damage in graphite due to fast neutrons in fusion and fission systems

The objective of this report is to summarize the vast amount of information that has been accumulated on graphite from the operation of carbon dioxide and helium cooled reac-tors and the understandings that have been gained for the use of those concerned with such materials in the future.

TECDOC-1149

Experimental tests and qualification of analytical methods to address thermohy-draulic phenomena in advanced water-cooled reactors

Proceedings of a TCM hosted by Paul Scherer Institute in Switzerland in September 1998 convened to review the current status and the future needs in this area.

TECDOC-1139

Transient and accident analysis of a BN-800 type LMFR with near zero void effect

Final report of an international benchmark programme support by the IAEA and EC, 1994-1998.

TECDOC-1054

Technologies for improving the availability and reliability of current and future water cooled nuclear power plants

Proceedings of a TCM held in Argonne, Illinois, United States of America, 1997. This TCM was convened to identify, review and exchange information on international devel-opments in technologies for achieving high availability and reliability, and to suggest areas where further technical advances could contribute to performance improvement.

TRS-400

Introduction of Nuclear Desalination: A Guidebook

The report summarizes all the information collected on nuclear desalination and pro-vides guidance on decision-making for deploying nuclear desalination and on the steps for project implementation. The Guidebook comprises three major parts: (1) overview of nuclear desalination; (2) special aspects and consideration relevant to the introduction of nuclear desalination; (3) steps of introduce nuclear desalination. The information contained will be useful for decision makers, policy planners, engineers and scientist in the area of nuclear seawater desalination.