Small modular reactors: Simpler, safer, cheaper?

Energy

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 288-295

  Vujić, Jasmina ^a   Bergmann, Ryan M ^a   Škoda, Radek ^b   Miletić, Marija ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Economy; Efficiency; Feasibility; Safety; Small modular reactors

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; EFFICIENCY; INVESTMENTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY;

CAPITAL COSTS; CAPITAL INVESTMENT; ECONOMY; ENERGY DEMANDS; ENERGY NEEDS; FEASIBILITY; GLOBAL CLIMATES; MODULAR DESIGNS; NON-PROLIFERATION; POWER GRIDS; SECURITY ISSUES; SINGLE SITES; SMALL MODULAR REACTORS;

SMALL NUCLEAR REACTORS;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; CAPITAL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEMAND ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GLOBAL CLIMATE; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; INVESTMENT; NUCLEAR POWER; SAFETY; SECURITY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC RIM;

EID: 84865406471     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2012.01.078     Document Type: Article

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