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Small Modular and Advanced Nuclear Reactors: A Reality Check

IEEE Access, 2021
Nuclear power has been declining in importance over the last quarter century, with its share of global electrical energy generation decreasing from 17.5 percent in 1996 to around 10 percent in 2019.
M. V. Ramana
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Technology Selection for Offshore Underwater Small Modular Reactors

Nuclear Engineering and Technology, 2016
This work examines the most viable nuclear technology options for future underwater designs that would meet high safety standards as well as good economic potential, for construction in the 2030–2040 timeframe.
Koroush Shirvan, Ronald Ballinger, Jacopo Buongiorno, Charles Forsberg, Mujid Kazimi, Neil Todreas   +5 more
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Stand-off nuclear reactor monitoring with neutron detectors for safeguards and non-proliferation applications

Nature Communications, 2019
Nuclear power reactors need to be monitored for safety and security while in operation. Here the authors discuss monitoring and safeguarding research reactors and small modular reactors using detection of neutrons up to a hundred meters away from the ...
B. M. van der Ende, L. Li, D. Godin, B. Sur   +3 more
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A historical review and analysis on the selection of nuclear reactor types and implications to development programs for advanced reactors; A Japanese study

Energy Reports, 2021
A light water reactor (LWR) is the most common reactor type in the world today, and will likely continue to be the main technology of nuclear power towards the mid-21st century.
Tomoko Murakami
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Energy and exergy analyses of a hybrid small modular reactor and wind turbine system for trigeneration

Energy Science & Engineering, 2019
In this study, authors present a new hybrid nuclear small modular reactor system assisted with wind energy for net zero emissions trigeneration system. Small modular reactors bring multiple advantages including (a) improved thermal efficiency, (b) better
Farrukh Khalid, Yusuf Bicer
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Integral PWR-Type Small Modular Reactor Developmental Status, Design Characteristics and Passive Features: A Review

Energies, 2020
In recent years, the trend in small modular reactor (SMR) technology development has been towards the water-cooled integral pressurized water reactor (iPWR) type.
Chireuding Zeliang, Yi Mi, Akira Tokuhiro, Lixuan Lu, Aleksey Rezvoi   +4 more
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Feasibility assessment of small modular reactors [PDF]

, 2023
Bakalářská práce seznamuje s nasazováním malých modulárních reaktorů, a to především v tuzemském prostředí. Popisuje specifika malých modulárních reaktorů, jejich výhody a nevýhody. Dále se věnuje procesu povolování jaderného zdroje, popřípadě povolování
Jan Sluka
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Small modular reactors

, 2022
Bakalářská práce se zabývá technologií malých modulárních reaktorů. V práci jsou nejprve shrnuty typy konstrukcí malých modulárních reaktorů a jejich dělení.
Marek Holeček
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Small modular reactors state-of-the-art

, 2023
The bachelor's thesis defines small modular reactors and addresses their key characteristics, potential non-electric applications, the historical usage of small reactors, and provides a comprehensive description of advanced designs and planned projects ...
Zaťko, Andrej
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Development status of small modular fast reactors

International Journal of Advanced Nuclear Reactor Design and Technology
Small modular reactors (SMRs) offer significant prospects for widespread application due to their compact size, modularity, low cost and short construction period, rapid deployment capability, ease of assembly and transportation.
Pengrui Qiao, Huiping Ouyang, Ruiyang Guo, Hongyi Yang   +3 more
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