Nuclear Micro Reactors
This book looks at Generation IV (GEN IV) nuclear reactor design and the technology known as nuclear micro reactors that is currently under development. Coverage includes the advantages of nuclear micro reactor applications as sources of renewable energy,
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Nuclear Micro Reactors
Nuclear Micro Reactors
Bahman Zohuri
Nuclear Micro Reactors
Bahman Zohuri Galaxy Advanced Engineering Albuquerque, NM, USA
ISBN 978-3-030-47224-5 ISBN 978-3-030-47225-2 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47225-2 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors, and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, expressed or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. This Springer imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
This book is dedicated to my son Sash, my grandson Dariush and my granddaughter Donya.
Preface
A new generation of reactors will start producing power in the next few years. They are comparatively tiny—and may be key to hitting our climate goals for the better, free of carbon e missions and free from greenhouse effects. For the last 20 years, the future of nuclear power has stood in a high bay laboratory tucked away on the Oregon State University campus in the western part of the state. Operated by NuScale Power in the form of Small Modular Reactors (SMR), an Oregon-based energy startup, this prototype reactor represents a new chapter in the conflict-ridden, politically bedeviled saga of nuclear power plants. Or even old companies such as Westinghouse with many years of experience in nuclear power plant in the form of Generation III and now with introduction of transportable Nuclear Micro Reactor eVinci, which has both space exploration into terrestrial domain and military application for a mobile brigade for a rapid deployment process. NuScale’s reactor will not need massive cooling towers or sprawling emergency zones. It can be built in a factory and shipped to any location, no matter how remote due to its modulization technical approach, and it is built around old and traditi
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