Handbook of small modular nuclear reactors

✍ Scribed by M. D. Carelli and D. T. Ingersoll (Auth.)

• Publisher: Woodhead, , Elsevier Ltd
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 510
• Series: Woodhead Publishing Series in Energy
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Small modular reactors (SMRs) are an advanced, safe type of nuclear reactor technology that are suitable for small and medium sized applications including both power and heat generation. In particular, their use as individual units or in combination to scale-up capacity offer benefits in terms of siting, installation, operation, lifecycle and economics in comparison to the development of larger nuclear plant for centralised electricity power grids. Interest has increased in the research and development of SMRs for both developing countries as well as such additional cogeneration options as industrial/chemical process heat, desalination and district heating, and hydrogen production. This book reviews key issues in their development as well as international R&D in the field.

• Gives an overview of small modular reactor technology
• Reviews the design characteristics of integral pressurized water reactors and focuses on reactor core and fuel technologies, key reactor system components, instrumentation and control, human-system interfaces and safety
• Considers the economics, financing, licensing, construction methods and hybrid energy systems of small modular reactors
• Describes SMR development activities worldwide, and concludes with a discussion of how SMR deployment can contribute to the growth of developing countries

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front matter, Pages i-iii
Copyright, Page iv
List of contributors, Page xiii
Woodhead Publishing Series in Energy, Pages xv-xviii
Preface, Pages xix-xx
1 - Small modular reactors (SMRs) for producing nuclear energy: an introduction, Pages 3-26
2 - Small modular reactors (SMRs) for producing nuclear energy: international developments, Pages 27-60
3 - Integral pressurized-water reactors (iPWRs) for producing nuclear energy: a new paradigm, Pages 61-75
4 - Core and fuel technologies in integral pressurized-water reactors (iPWRs), Pages 79-102
5 - Key reactor system components in integral pressurized-water reactors (iPWRs), Pages 103-122
6 - Instrumentation and control technologies for small modular reactors (SMRs), Pages 123-147
7 - Human–system interfaces (HSIs) in small modular reactors (SMRs), Pages 149-190
8 - Safety of integral pressurized-water reactors (iPWRs), Pages 191-217
9 - Proliferation resistance and physical protection (PR&PP) in small modular reactors (SMRs), Pages 219-236
10 - Economics and financing of small modular reactors (SMRs), Pages 239-277
11 - Licensing of small modular reactors (SMRs), Pages 279-292
12 - Construction methods for small modular reactors (SMRs), Pages 293-317
13 - Hybrid energy systems (HESs) using small modular reactors (SMRs), Pages 319-350
14 - Small modular reactors (SMRs): the case of the USA, Pages 353-377
15 - Small modular reactors (SMRs): the case of the Republic of Korea, Pages 379-407
16 - Small modular reactors (SMRs): the case of Argentina, Pages 409-421
17 - Small modular reactors (SMRs): the case of Russia, Pages 423-453
18 - Small modular reactors (SMRs): the case of China, Pages 455-468
19 - Small modular reactors (SMRs): the case of Japan, Pages 469-484
20 - Small modular reactors (SMRs): the case of developing countries, Pages 485-500
Index, Pages 501-516

✦ Subjects

Топливно-энергетический комплекс;Ядерная и термоядерная энергетика;Справочники, каталоги, таблицы