Small Modular Reactors for Enhancing Energy Security in Developing Countries

In recent years, small modular reactors (SMRs) have been attracting considerable attention around the world. SMR designs incorporate innovative approaches to achieve simplicity, modularity and speed of build, passive safety features, proliferation resistance, and reduced financial risk. The incremen...

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Main Authors:	Kessides, Ioannis N., Kuznetsov, Vladimir
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	en_US
Published:	MDPI 2015
Subjects:	small modular reactors SMR nuclear power nuclear safety energy security
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23186

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spelling	okr-10986-231862021-04-23T14:04:13Z Small Modular Reactors for Enhancing Energy Security in Developing Countries Kessides, Ioannis N. Kuznetsov, Vladimir small modular reactors SMR nuclear power nuclear safety energy security In recent years, small modular reactors (SMRs) have been attracting considerable attention around the world. SMR designs incorporate innovative approaches to achieve simplicity, modularity and speed of build, passive safety features, proliferation resistance, and reduced financial risk. The incremental capacity expansion associated with SMR deployment could provide a better match (than the large-scale reactors) to the limited grid capacity of many developing countries. Because of their lower capital requirements, SMRs could also effectively address the energy needs of small developing countries with limited financial resources. Although SMRs can have substantially higher specific capital costs as compared to large-scale reactors, they may nevertheless enjoy significant economic benefits due to shorter build times, accelerated learning effects and co-siting economies, temporal and sizing flexibility of deployment, and design simplification. 2015-12-01T23:15:07Z 2015-12-01T23:15:07Z 2012-08-14 Journal Article Sustainability http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23186 en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank MDPI Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research
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spellingShingle	small modular reactors SMR nuclear power nuclear safety energy security Kessides, Ioannis N. Kuznetsov, Vladimir Small Modular Reactors for Enhancing Energy Security in Developing Countries
description	In recent years, small modular reactors (SMRs) have been attracting considerable attention around the world. SMR designs incorporate innovative approaches to achieve simplicity, modularity and speed of build, passive safety features, proliferation resistance, and reduced financial risk. The incremental capacity expansion associated with SMR deployment could provide a better match (than the large-scale reactors) to the limited grid capacity of many developing countries. Because of their lower capital requirements, SMRs could also effectively address the energy needs of small developing countries with limited financial resources. Although SMRs can have substantially higher specific capital costs as compared to large-scale reactors, they may nevertheless enjoy significant economic benefits due to shorter build times, accelerated learning effects and co-siting economies, temporal and sizing flexibility of deployment, and design simplification.
format	Journal Article
author	Kessides, Ioannis N. Kuznetsov, Vladimir
author_facet	Kessides, Ioannis N. Kuznetsov, Vladimir
author_sort	Kessides, Ioannis N.
title	Small Modular Reactors for Enhancing Energy Security in Developing Countries
title_short	Small Modular Reactors for Enhancing Energy Security in Developing Countries
title_full	Small Modular Reactors for Enhancing Energy Security in Developing Countries
title_fullStr	Small Modular Reactors for Enhancing Energy Security in Developing Countries
title_full_unstemmed	Small Modular Reactors for Enhancing Energy Security in Developing Countries
title_sort	small modular reactors for enhancing energy security in developing countries
publisher	MDPI
publishDate	2015
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23186
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Small Modular Reactors for Enhancing Energy Security in Developing Countries

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