Small Modular Reactors as Renewable Energy Sources

by Bahman Zohuri

Overview

This book highlights Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) as a viable alternative to the Nuclear Power Plants (NPPs), which have been used as desalination plant energy sources. SMRs have lower investment costs, inherent safety features, and increased availability compared to NPPs. The unique and innovative approach to implementation of SMRs as part of Gen-IV technology outlined in this book contributes to the application of nuclear power as a supplementary source to renewable energy.

• Discusses Gen-IV Power plants, their efficiency, cost effectiveness, safety, and methods to supply renewable energy;

• Presents Small Modular Reactors as a viable alternative to Nuclear Power Plants;

• Describes the benefits, uses, safety features, and challenges related to implementation of Small Modular Reactors.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783030064693
Publisher:	Springer International Publishing
Publication date:	01/02/2019
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2019
Pages:	293
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Dr. Bahman Zohuri is founder of Galaxy Advanced Engineering, Inc. a consulting company that he formed upon leaving the semiconductor and defense industries after many years as a Senior Process Engineer for corporations including Westinghouse and Intel, and then as Senior Chief Scientist at Lockheed Missile and Aerospace Corporation. During his time with Westinghouse Electric Corporation, he performed thermal hydraulic analysis and natural circulation for Inherent Shutdown Heat Removal System (ISHRS) in the core of a Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor (LMFBR). While at Lockheed, he was responsible for the study of vulnerability, survivability and component radiation and laser hardening for Defense Support Program (DSP), Boost Surveillance and Tracking Satellites (BSTS) and Space Surveillance and Tracking Satellites (SSTS). He also performed analysis of characteristics of laser beam and nuclear radiation interaction with materials, Transient Radiation Effects in Electronics (TREE), Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP), System Generated Electromagnetic Pulse (SGEMP), Single-Event Upset (SEU), Blast and, Thermo-mechanical, hardness assurance, maintenance, and device technology. His consultancy clients have included Sandia National Laboratories, and he holds patents in areas such as the design of diffusion furnaces, and Laser Activated Radioactive Decay. He is the author of several books on nuclear engineering heat transfer.

Table of Contents

Chapter1: Introduction to the Nuclear Power Industry.- Chapter2: Nuclear Power Structure from Past to Present.- Chapter3: Nuclear Energy Research and Development Roadmap.- Chapter4: A Combined Cycle Power Conversion System for Small Modular Reactor.- Chapter5: Small Modular Reactors, The Next Big Renewable Energy Source.- Chapter6: Safty and Nonproliferation Aspect of GEN-IV Reactors.- Chapter7: Electricity Production and Renewable Source of Energy, Economics.- Chapter8: Energy Storage Technologies & Their Role in Renewable Integration.