Can Nuclear Batteries Be Economically Competitive in Large Markets?
Autor: | Ben Carmichael, Jacopo Buongiorno, Bradley Dunkin, Dirk Smit, John E. Parsons |
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Rok vydání: | 2021 |
Předmět: |
Technology
Control and Optimization Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment business.industry Atomic battery portable micro-reactors 020209 energy Energy Engineering and Power Technology 02 engineering and technology Environmental economics 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology cost of heat and electricity Power rating 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Business Electricity Electrical and Electronic Engineering Notional amount 0210 nano-technology Cost of electricity by source Engineering (miscellaneous) Energy (miscellaneous) Burnup |
Zdroj: | Energies, Vol 14, Iss 4385, p 4385 (2021) Energies; Volume 14; Issue 14; Pages: 4385 |
ISSN: | 1996-1073 |
DOI: | 10.3390/en14144385 |
Popis: | We introduce the concept of the nuclear battery, a standardized, factory-fabricated, road transportable, plug-and-play micro-reactor. Nuclear batteries have the potential to provide on-demand, carbon-free, economic, resilient, and safe energy for distributed heat and electricity applications in every sector of the economy. The cost targets for nuclear batteries in these markets are 20–50 USD/MWht (6–15 USD/MMBTU) and 70–115 USD/MWhe for heat and electricity, respectively. We present a parametric study of the nuclear battery’s levelized cost of heat and electricity, suggesting that those cost targets are within reach. The cost of heat and electricity from nuclear batteries is expected to depend strongly on core power rating, fuel enrichment, fuel burnup, size of the onsite staff, fabrication costs and financing. Notional examples of cheap and expensive nuclear battery designs are provided. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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