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Stretching of Oil Reserves with High Temperature Gas Cooled Reactors (HTGRS)

Dietrich Schwarz, Greg Pause

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 20 / Number 4P2 / December 1991 / Pages 537-541

Overview/Energy Policy / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST91-A11946896

Published:February 8, 2018

Nuclear energy is well suited for baseload electricity generation as well as a broad range of cogeneration and process heat applications that serve to stretch our oil reserves. This paper presents a summary of non-electric applications that range from methanol production to space heating and distinguishes the High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor as uniquely suited for the high temperature applications.