ML21097A043
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| Issue date: | 04/13/2021 |
| From: | NRC/OCM |
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TRAJECTORY OF ATOMS FOR PEACE GENERATION http://www.earth-policy.org/plan_b_updates/2013/update116 A cliff?
An inflection?
32 plants in 30 years
The 2015/2016 Pivot:
Advanced Reactor Companies GAIN, ARPA-E, NRIC NEIMA/NEICA NGOs Part 53 2015/2016 PIVOT Advanced Reactor Companies
ENERGY REIMAGINED Today Electricity-only focus Small Modular Reactors Large Light Water Reactors Potential Future Energy System Integrated grid system that leverages contributions from nuclear fission beyond electricity sector Advanced Reactors New Chemical Processes Clean Water Hydrogen for Vehicles and Industry Industry Heat Flexible Generators Advanced Processes Revolutionary Design Micro Reactor s
Maximizing energy utilization, generator profitability, and grid reliability and resilience through novel systems integration and process design Courtesy Shannon Bragg-Sitton, Ph.D., Idaho National Laboratory
The following themes will be important:
Nuclear energy concepts will be proposed aimed at many uses other than just gigawatt sized electricity production.
Proposed sites will be more varied than seen in the first generation LWR deployments Technology approaches (e.g., manufacturing approaches, digital technologies and automation) may get value through the ability to frequently update More ideas brought forward at a faster pace.
The more the regulatory system can find a way to create performance-based metrics, rather than size specific, site specific, or technology type specific approaches, the more efficient the system will be in responding to new technology ideas while maintaining public safety.
THEMES