Small modular reactors for electricity generation : an economic and technologically sound alternative

• Main Author: Jorge Morales Pedraza. Jorge Morales Pedraza, author.
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2020
• Subjects: Energy; Nuclear power plants; Electric power production; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Mechanical; Electric power production; Nuclear power plants; Energy; Nuclear Energy; Nuclear Engineering; Energy Systems; Physics of Energy Technology; Environmental Science and Engineering; Technology & Engineering > Power Resources > Nuclear; Technology & Engineering > Power Resources > General; Science > Environmental Science; Nuclear power & engineering; Energy technology & engineering; Environmental science, engineering & technology; Electronic books; Electronic book
• Online Access: http://dspace.uniten.edu.my/jspui/handle/123456789/13704

Contents: Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; About the Author; 1 General Overview; Abstract; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Types of Nuclear Power Reactors; 1.3 Small Modular Reactors (SMRs); 1.3.1 Benefits of the Use of Small Modular Reactors; 1.3.2 The Perspective of the Small Modular Reactors Market at World Level; 1.3.3 Main Safety Features of the Small Modular Reactors; 1.3.4 Different Small Modular Reactor Designs; References; 2 Advanced Nuclear Technologies and Its Future Possibilities; Abstract; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Generation III, III+ and IV Nuclear Power Reactors. Contents: 2.2.1 Generation IV Nuclear Power Reactors; 2.2.2 GIF Initiative Goals; 2.2.3 Descriptions of the Generation IV Systems; 2.2.3.1 The Gas Cooled Fast Reactor (GFR); 2.2.3.2 The Sodium Cooled Fast Reactor (SFR); 2.2.3.3 The Supercritical Water Cooled Reactor (SCWR); 2.2.3.4 Very High Temperature Reactor (VHTR); 2.2.3.5 Molten Salt Reactor (MSR); 2.2.3.6 Lead Cooled Fast Reactor (LFR); 2.2.4 The Future of the Generation IV Nuclear Power Reactors; 2.3 European Pressurised Reactor (EPR); 2.3.1 EPR Design Project; 2.3.2 EPR Description; 2.3.3 Safety, Competitiveness and Flexibility. Contents: 2.3.4 EPR Projects; 2.4 Small Modular Reactors (SMRs); 2.4.1 Why the Interest in Small Modular Reactors; 2.4.2 Small Modular Reactors and Their Attributes; 2.4.2.1 Safety Designs of Small Modular Reactors; 2.4.2.2 Proliferation Resistance and the IAEA Safeguards System; 2.4.2.3 Economic Analysis of Small Modular Reactors; 2.4.2.4 Waste Problem and Decommissioning; 2.4.3 Small Modular Reactor Designs; 2.4.3.1 Light Water Reactors (LWR); 2.4.3.2 Heavy Water Reactors; 2.4.3.3 High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactors (HTRs); 2.4.3.4 Fast Neutron Reactors; 2.4.3.5 Molten Salt Reactors (MSR). Contents: 2.4.3.6 Others Types of SMR2.4.3.7 Hurdles that Must Be Overcome for the Deployment of the SMRs; 2.5 Nuclear Fusion Reactors; 2.5.1 Plasma Confinement and Its Devices; 2.5.2 Fusion Reactor Projects; 2.6 Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; 3 The Current Situation and Perspective of the Small Modular Reactors Market in North and South America, Including the Caribbean Regions; Abstract; 3.1 Background; 3.2 The Current Situation and Perspective on the Use of Small Modular Reactors for Electricity Generation in the United States and Canada; 3.2.1 United States. Contents: 3.2.2 Nuclear Power Plants Operating in the United States; 3.2.3 Types of Small Modular Reactors Under Development in the United States; 3.2.4 The Commercialisation Programme of Small Modular Reactor Technology in the United States ; 3.2.5 Financing of Small Modular Reactors in the United States; 3.2.6 Market Perspective of the Small Modular Reactors in the United States; 3.2.7 The Need of Small Modular Reactors in the United States; 3.2.8 Public Opinion Regarding the Use of Nuclear Energy for Electricity Generation in the United States; 3.3 Canada.