Prepared for the Second U. N. International Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy, 1958. A summary is presented of the research and development aspects of the U. S. program for graphite-moderated, gas-cooled reactors using partially enriched uranium. The availability of helium and enriched uranium in the United States presents a large degree of design freedom. On the basis of the study, it is concluded that such a reactor will produce power cheaper than a reactor using natural uranium. At the present time gas-cooled reactors are technologically and economically competitive with the best available pressurized-water reactors. (J.S.R.)
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Charpie et al. (1958) studied this question.