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<br /> <br />t- <br />oo <br />00 <br />~ <br /> <br />of a station with multiple reactors would providesdded flexibility <br /> <br />of operation. Multiple reactors, also would reduce the hazard to <br /> <br />electric systems which rely on the plant for firm power and would <br /> <br />have to carry spinning reserves to protect'against the possibility <br /> <br />of an'emergency reactor shutdown. From the base figures,costs <br /> <br />were derived for reactor capacities to meet the heat requirements <br /> <br />.for each stage of desalting p1/mt installation. <br />In addition to. the heat energy required for desalting, the <br /> <br />reactors wi 11 provide heat for the production of elect ric power. <br /> <br /> <br />The power production will exceed' the requirements for the pumping <br /> <br /> <br />of project water in each stage, and, ss expla.ined previously, the <br /> <br /> <br />financing and marketing of power in exceas of project needs would <br /> <br />be the responSibility of non-Federal entities and are divorced <br />from the financiAl analysis in this report. Because the reactor <br /> <br />concept used in the present study has been developed primarily <br /> <br />. , <br />for commercial power production,large amounts of electric power <br />. will be produced. According to recent est imates prepared by the <br />Federal Power Conunission, however, approximately 4,500 megawatts (mw) <br />.of new generat ~ng capacity will be requl.redeach yea.rby abuut. 1990 <br />to meet ant icipated commercial load growth in southern California, <br /> <br />Arizol,a, and southern NeVada. About one-halfQfthe 4,500-'nwload <br />growth, or. 2,200 mw. represents. the requirement for 00I1ll11"rcia1 <br />baldoed generating capll,city. Furthermore, future technology may <br />yield cOncepti, which could decrease the amounts of electric <br />p~w.r'prod\lc.d, <br /> <br />18 <br />