Nuclear Desalination

Environmental Issues Related to Nuclear Desalination

The paper presents an overview of environmental issues that may be expected with nuclear desalination. The analysis of coupling nuclear power with desalination plants indicates that adverse marine impacts can be mitigated with alternative intake designs or cooling systems. The atmospheric impact of desalination may be greatly reduced through the coupling with nuclear power, while maximizing the...

Potential of Heat Pipe Technology in Nuclear Seawater Desalination

Nuclear Seawater Desalination Plant Coupled with 200 MW Heating Reactor

Feasibility study on nuclear seawater desalination plant in which a 200 MW nuclear heating reactor (NHR-200) couples with MED processes has being finished at Institute of Nuclear Energy Technology (INET) of Tsinghua university in China, the Chinese government has agreed to built the kind of nuclear seawater desalination plant in Shandong peninsula of China. Two different kinds of MED processes,...

Safety aspects of nuclear plants coupled with seawater desalination units

The nuclear plants for desalination to be built in the future will have to meet the standards of safety required for the best nuclear power plants currently in operation or being designed. Some specific characteristics of desalination plants such as siting and coupling require particular consideration from a safety point of view, and further safety studies will be needed when the type and size ...

Thermal coupling of HTGRs and MED desalination plants, and its performance and cost analysis for nuclear desalination

► The new HTGR + MED coupling scheme was proposed. ► KAIST coupling scheme uses PCHE without any intermediate loop. ► KAIST coupling scheme has independent structure between MED and heat sink. ► Water production capacity increases by 258% compared to previous researcher's results. ► Water cost is reduced by 9.0% compared to previous researcher's results. a b s t r a c t a r t i c l e i n f o Th...