Features and Application Analysis of Advanced Small Nuclear Power Reactors

Abstract:

In recent years, advanced small nuclear power reactors, namely small modular reactors (SMRs), gained widespread attention. In areas where energy can’t be provided by large scale reactors and the nuclear power plants with large scale reactors can’t compete with the non-nuclear power plant technology, SMRs, as a versatile distributed integrated energy source, which result in expanding peaceful applications of nuclear energy, have enormous potential. This article describes the characteristics and analyzes prospects and challenges of SMRs.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 986-987)
• Pages: 315-321
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.986-987.315
• Online since: July 2014
• Authors: Wen Bin Xiong, Hou Ming Zhang, Bo Ping Zhang, Hu Wei Li, Gang Wang, Jie Zhu*
• Keywords: Modular, NPP, SMR, Versatile

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