Review of nuclear microreactors: Status, potentialities and challenges
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چکیده
Nuclear energy is being reconsidered worldwide as a low-carbon and dispatchable source. Following the development of Small Modular Reactors (SMR) to reduce capital costs increase safety new nuclear power plants, microreactors are designed by several companies. Microreactors usually defined SMR with output in range 1–20 MWe. They can operate part electric grid, independently from grid or microgrid produce electricity process heat. In present paper, some at an advanced design stage presented: eVinci™, Aurora, Holos Generators, Xe-Mobile, NuScale, Sealer, U-Battery Micro Reactor. The main applications technology features then discussed potentialities challenges. advantages small size, simple plant layout fast on-site installation. challenges limited fuel availability, security proliferation risk licensing process. Finally, economic analysis shows that, due economy scale, despite cost reduction, not competitive large but they technologies similar scale application, such diesel generators renewable sources microgrids.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Progress in Nuclear Energy
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['1878-4224', '0149-1970']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pnucene.2021.103822