Technoeconomic aspects of the realization of centralized heat supply from atomic boiler units

Together with ACHPP, atomic boiler units can in this way be effectively applied to centralized heatsupply systems. In the European part of the country, a centralized heat supply to relatively small consumers of heat cannot be achieved with ABU based on the types of reactors which have been perfected. This is not the case with boilers using organic fuel. Atomic boiler units can supply heat mainly to large users (more than 1500 Gcal/h) and particularly to regions where it is impossible or unfeasible to construct ACHPP. In underdeveloped and remote areas, atomic boiler units can be economically efficient with nuclear reactors operating at heat outputs levels of several megawatts. With the successful development and perfection of high-temperature nuclear reacotors and systems for transporting heat in a chemically bound state, the outlook is that atomic-chemical boiler units will be created which will permit nuclear energy resources to be much more widely applied as efficient centralized heat supply sources for smaller heat users, whose share of total heat consumption is as high as 40%.