Open AccessNuclear power plants of low and medium power with SVBR-100 reactor facilities
Author(s) -
V. V. Petrochenko,
S.A. Grigoriev,
A. V. Dedul,
O.G. Komlev,
A. V. Kondaurov,
G.I. Toshinsky
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1475/1/012014
Subject(s) - nuclear power , nuclear fuel , renewable energy , environmental science , spent nuclear fuel , capital cost , uranium , nuclear engineering , nuclear power plant , nuclear reactor , process engineering , environmental economics , engineering , electrical engineering , nuclear physics , physics , economics
Installed power capacity’s share of the global nuclear power engineering is about 10% (both current and forecasted) or even less, while forecasted renewables’ one is above 50%. Large-scale development of nuclear energy technologies is curbed by the existing public opinion in relation to safety (including spent fuel and radioactive wastes handling), limited uranium resources, high capital costs and non-proliferation issues. Overcoming of the impediments is assumed to be based on the next generation nuclear energy technologies among them SVBR technology could be considered as a one possible option. The safety of SVBR NPP is ensured due to using chemically inert lead-bismuth coolant. Removal of uranium resource limitations is based on possibility to operate in a closed nuclear fuel cycle. The economic competitiveness is achieved due to using relatively small amount and relatively simple equipment for the reactor production. The non-proliferation is supported by the use of reduced-enrichment fuel and reactor core physics sensitive to unreported fertile material placement. Additionally SVBR nuclear energy technology can enhance their attractiveness by abilities to place SVBR NPP near to consumers, possibilities for multi-purpose applications, capabilities to operate in weak grids and in the load following modes.