NGNP Nuclear-Industrial Facility and Design Certification Boundaries White Paper

Thomas E. Hicks

关键词: COMMERCIALIZATION;    DESIGN;    ELECTRICITY;    ENERGY CONVERSION;    ENERGY POLICY;    FOSSIL FUELS;    GAS COOLED REACTORS;    GRAPHITE;    HELIUM;    NATURAL GAS;    NUCLEAR ENERGY;    PROCESS HEAT;    WATER;    INEEL Next Generation Nuclear Plant Project;    NGNP;    NRC;    Nuclear Regulatory Commission;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1023488
RP-ID  :  INL/EXT-11-21605
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1023488
Others  :  TRN: US1104593

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

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来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

The Next Generation Nuclear Plant (NGNP) Project was initiated at Idaho National Laboratory by the U.S. Department of Energy pursuant to the 2005 Energy Policy Act and based on research and development activities supported by the Generation IV Nuclear Energy Systems Initiative. The principal objective of the NGNP Project is to support commercialization of the high temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR) technology. The HTGR is helium cooled and graphite moderated and can operate at reactor outlet temperatures much higher than those of conventional light water reactor (LWR) technologies. Accordingly, it can be applied in many industrial applications as a substitute for burning fossil fuels, such as natural gas, in addition to producing electricity, which is the principal application of current LWRs. These varied industrial applications may involve a standard HTGR modular design using different Energy Conversion Systems. Additionally, some of these process heat applications will require process heat delivery systems to lie partially outside the HTGR operator???s facility.