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1 online resource |
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Woodhead Publishing series in energy |
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Woodhead Publishing in energy.
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| Contents |
Front Cover; Related titles; Small Modular Reactors; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Woodhead Publishing Series in Energy; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; One -- Setting the stage; 1 -- Energy, nuclear power, and small modular reactors; 1.1 Fad or future?; 1.2 The importance of energy; 1.3 New growth of nuclear power: the nuclear renaissance; 1.4 Challenges for expanding nuclear power; 1.5 New interest in small nuclear power; References; 2 -- A brief history of small nuclear power (1950-2000); 2.1 Military propulsion and power; 2.2 Commercialization of nuclear energy |
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2.3 Exuberance to exasperation2.4 Redirecting the nuclear industry; 2.5 Early international SMR activities; References; 3 -- The rise of current small modular reactors (2000-2015); 3.1 Precursors to the nuclear renaissance; 3.2 Restarting the nuclear industry; 3.3 Restarting the nuclear R & D community; 3.3.1 The nuclear energy research initiative; 3.3.2 The Generation IV program; 3.3.3 The Global Nuclear Energy Partnership program; 3.4 Renewed interest by the military; 3.5 Emergence of contemporary SMR designs in the US; 3.6 Slowing of the nuclear renaissance; 3.7 International SMR activities |
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5.4.3 Decay heat removal5.4.4 Other design features and options; 5.5 Resilience to Fukushima-type events; 5.6 Closing remarks on safety; References; 6 -- Improving nuclear affordability; 6.1 The business of nuclear power; 6.2 Rethinking economic metrics; 6.3 Affordability; 6.4 Economic competitiveness; 6.4.1 Mitigating economies of scale; 6.4.2 Enhancing economies of small; 6.4.3 Diseconomies of scale; 6.4.4 Other economic considerations; 6.5 Reducing economic risk; References; 7 -- Expanding nuclear power flexibility; 7.1 Size matters; 7.1.1 Remote customers; 7.1.2 Grid management |
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7.1.3 Nonelectrical customers7.2 Benefits of modularity; 7.3 Siting benefits; 7.4 Adaptability to heat applications; 7.4.1 District heating; 7.4.2 Water desalination; 7.4.3 Oil recovery and refining; 7.4.4 Hybrid energy system applications; References; Three -- Promise to reality; 8 -- Customer buzz about small modular reactors; 8.1 Emerging countries; 8.2 Domestic utilities; 8.3 Process heat users; 8.4 The US government; 8.4.1 Non-DOD federal facilities; 8.4.2 DOD facilities; References; 9 -- Getting to the finish line: deployment challenges and opportunities |
| Summary |
There is currently significant interest in the development of small modular reactors (SMRs) for the generation of both electricity and process heat. SMRs offer potential benefits in terms of better affordability and enhanced safety, and can also be sited more flexibly than traditional nuclear plants. Small Modular Reactors: Nuclear Power Fad or Future? reviews SMR features, promises, and problems, also discussing what lies ahead for reactors of this type. The book is organized into three major parts with the first part focused on the role of energy, especially nuclear energy, for global development. It also provides a brief history of SMRs. The second major part presents basic nuclear power plant terminology and then discusses in depth the attributes of SMRs that distinguish them from traditional nuclear plants. The third and final major section discusses the current interest in SMRs from a customer's perspective and delineates several remaining hurdles that must be addressed to achieve wide-spread SMR deployment |
| Notes |
"Woodhead Publishing is an imprint of Elsevier." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 3, 2015) |
| Subject |
Nuclear reactors.
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Energy policy.
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nuclear reactors.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Mechanical.
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Energy policy
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Nuclear reactors
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780081002681 |
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0081002688 |
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