Advancing Nuclear Energy: The Role of Advanced Technologies in a Changing Political and Regulatory Landscape.

Autor: McHugh, Timothy L., Flavin, Andrew J., Sample, John B., Gill, Bonnie S., Smith III, William H.
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Zdroj: Infrastructure; Summer2023, Vol. 62 Issue 4, p1-9, 8p, 1 Color Photograph
Abstrakt: SMRs are designed to not only produce baseload carbon-free electricity to the grid, but also provide carbon-free electricity specifically to energy-intensive processes like steelmaking.[11] In this article, we explore this promising technology in four parts. Rosner & Goldberg, supra note 27, at 25 (noting that initial SMR deployment will have significantly higher costs); INT'L ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY, supra note 11, at 9 (arguing that SMR production price will decrease over time after overcoming the challenge of entering the market). Nuclear energy has long been a significant source of reliable, clean energy within the United States.[1] In 2021 alone, nuclear energy accounted for approximately 20 percent of electricity generated in the country and 50 percent of its carbon-free electricity.[2] And while some sources of carbon-free generation are necessarily intermittent, nuclear generation has a high-capacity factor, capable of running at all hours of the day.[3] At the same time, numerous public and private stakeholders are working toward net-zero emissions by 2050. [Extracted from the article]
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