Beskrivning
Beskrivning
This book discusses advanced Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) as a way toprovide safe, clean, and affordable nuclear power options. The advancedSMRs currently under development in the U.S. represent a variety ofsizes, technology options and deployment scenarios. These advancedreactors, envisioned to vary in size from a couple megawatts up tohundreds of megawatts can be used for power generation, process heat,desalination, or other industrial uses. In-depth chapters describe howadvanced SMRs offer multiple advantages, such as relatively small size,reduced capital investment, location flexibility, and provisions forincremental power additions. SMRs also offer distinct safeguards,security and nonproliferation advantages. The authors present a thoroughexamination of the technology and defend methods by which the newgeneration of nuclear power plants known as GEN-IV can safely be used asan efficient source of renewable energy.
- Provides a unique and innovative approach to the implementation of Small Modular Reactor as part of GEN-IV technology;
- Discusses how Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) can deliver a viable alternative to Nuclear Power Plants (NPPs);
- Presentsan argument defending the need for nuclear power plant as a source ofenergy, its efficiency and cost effectiveness, as well as safety relatedissues.
