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<br /> <br /> Plant Delivery to <br /> Stage Output Lake Mead <br /> (Year) i!!!ill ~ (acre-feet/yr,) <br />to"" <br />CIO 1990 1,044 992 1,000,000 <br />CIO 2000 522 496 500,000 <br />en 2010 -2n. .-!i:2& 500,000 <br /> Total 2,088 1,984 2,000,000 <br /> <br />Economic advantages are derived from the dual-purpose design <br /> <br />of the nuclear electric power and desalting complex. Both purposes <br /> <br />share in the economy of scale of a large reactor snd the common <br /> <br />site. The turbines operate efficiently with high-temperature, <br /> <br />high_pressure steam produced by the reactpr while the evaporator <br /> <br />makes use,of the turbine exhaust steam at lower temperature and <br /> <br />pressures and acts as a condenser for the turbines. Possible future <br /> <br />modifications of evaporator design to utilize the vapor compression <br /> <br />process or increased brine temperatures might result in the <br /> <br />production of water with less electric power output. <br /> <br />Conveyance System <br /> <br />Location and General Description--The aqueduct system which <br /> <br />would convey the desalted water from the Pacific Coast to Lake <br /> <br />Mead will be 313 miles in length. It would consist of 85 miles <br /> <br />of pipeline, 77 miles of tunnel, 135 miles of lined canal, and 16 <br /> <br />miles of pumping plant discharge snd penstock lines. Ten pumping <br /> <br />plants would be required to lift product water 4,277 feet, and <br /> <br />three power drops would be utilized to recover the energy in 1,682 <br /> <br />feet of head. The route is shown on the frontispiece map. <br /> <br />20 <br />