Here’s How

Here’s How

CANDESAL

Text Box: Principle Flow Diagram of the Floating Nuclear Desalination/Cogeneration Complex

Text Box: We propose to redesign the Tsinghua University Pebble Bed Reactor to make it small enough to go on a barge, but this might take five years. However, we can use existing technology to build floating electric power and fresh water plants much quicker. They would probably be powered by petroleum, which would result in a higher operating cost, but a much lower initial production cost. They could be ready in only one or two years to supply coastal and riverside cities, and could be quickly deployed for disaster relief. We would immediately accept orders for floating power and water plants, planning to furnish conventional fuel-burning plants for immediate use, and to replace them with nuclear-powered plants as soon as they are available. At the present time we do not know what the cost will be of either fuel-burning or nuclear plants. Manufacturing costs will be somewhat dependent on the volume of orders received. Cost of the nuclear plants will depend on the final design and on the cost of labor and materials at the time. However, we do not expect cities to pay the full manufacturing cost of the plants in advance. Our plan is to borrow the money for manufacturing based on the credit rating of the customers. Only one month’s rent might be required to firm up an order. After installation the monthly payments to pay off the bank loan would come from the sale of electric power and water.

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