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DOE OSTI2021

Overview of Advanced Reactor Simulation Capabilities to Support Demonstrations

The Virtual Test Bed (VTB) was established to support the deployment of advanced reactors by facilitating the use of state-of-the-art modeling and simulation capabilities. These tools are able to solve previously prohibitive challenge problems in greater levels of fidelity and in a multi-physics framework. A VTB repository was recently set up to host models for a wide variety of reactor types and using a range of NEAMS-developed software. Table I summarizes the different capabilities already available in the repository and up-and-coming near/long term ones. The repository currently hosts models for a wide variety of reactor types, including High-Temperature Gas Cooled Reactors (HTGR), Sodium Fast Reactors (SFR), Fluoride salt cooled High-temperature Reactors (FHR), Molten Salt Reactors (MSR), and Heat-Pipe Microreactors (HP-MR). It should be noted that work is ongoing for all of the models and each example problem is at a different state of maturity.

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DOE OSTI2023

Climate Change and the Environmental Imperative

To mitigate the consequences of climate change, global economies need to rapidly decarbonize by upgrading their energy infrastructure to carbon-free technologies. Nuclear energy has a proven track record on the electric grid and large potential to contribute to sectors beyond just power.

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DOE OSTI2023

What is Advanced Nuclear Energy - Basics

Advanced nuclear energy represents a spectrum of new talent, technologies, applications and business models designed around the use of atomic energy generated by nuclear power plants.

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DOE OSTI2023

Health effects of Radiation and Radioactivity + Historic Nuclear Accidents

The safety of nuclear energy technology goes hand in hand with a modern understanding of the health impacts and required precautions associated with radiation. This is because nuclear power plants require fuel sources like uranium, which is an element that is naturally radioactive.

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DOE OSTI2023

Protecting People and Planet

To produce energy, civilian nuclear power plants require fuel. The majority of existing plants rely on solid ceramic fuels that contain concentrations of about 3 to 5% of the element uranium-235. This specific isotope is well suited to sustaining the type of chain reaction required for a nuclear reactor to harness the heat produced by nuclear fission. Title I of the United States Atomic Energy Act of 1954 defines “special nuclear material” as plutonium, uranium-233, or uranium enriched in the isotopes uranium-233 or uranium-235. This label identifies materials that at high concentrations can be used to produce nuclear weapons. The United States and broader international community are fully committed to ensuring the peaceful use of nuclear energy by committing to practices known as safeguards.

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DOE OSTI2024

Framework for a Digital Documented Safety Analysis

This framework is developed to progress the digital implementation of digital tools applied to the DOE authorization process, with future applications to NRC SAR development/review, to accelerate the design and review processes of advanced nuclear reactors. The engineering design and licensing process for nuclear reactors is currently burdened by a document-based approach that leads to duplications and errors due to a lack of traceability among numerous static documents. Changes to design information require labor-intensive manual tracing through these documents, creating a high potential for human error. The adoption of a digital ecosystem, utilizing a digital thread to link various aspects of project design and analysis, promises dynamic documentation generation, automatic updates, and error reduction. Model Based Definition (MBD) and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) tools are central to this digital transformation.

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DOE OSTI2025

Introductory Review of the Maritime Nuclear Regulatory Landscape

The successful deployment of nuclear technology for maritime applications, including the ability to provide energy to land-based projects at ports, has the potential to assist the International Maritime Organization’s pursuit of 2050 targets while simultaneously bringing low-cost nuclear power closer to where it is needed. The benefits of low-cost nuclear power include, but are not limited to, effective resource extraction and processing, more efficient and productive industrial applications through electrification, and increased energy abundance. In addition, the maritime sector presents unique opportunities for nuclear. For example, by leveraging the maritime sector’s experience with modular shipyard manufacturing, the nuclear industry can achieve significant cost and schedule reductions, increased productivity, and improved quality control.

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DOE OSTI2025

Configurations of Commercial Advanced Nuclear-Maritime Applications

This report is the second deliverable of a series of reports set forth by the Department of Energy (DOE), led by the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), for the research award, “Accelerating Commercial Maritime Demonstration Projects for Advanced Nuclear Reactor Technologies.” This report highlights the technical, regulatory, and economic feasibility of nuclear-maritime configurations.

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DOE OSTI2025

Considerations for Maritime Nuclear Technologies, Economic Viability and Public Acceptance

The Maritime Nuclear Application Group (MNAG) is a working group convened by the National Reactor Innovation Center at Idaho National Laboratory (INL), the American Bureau of Shipping, and Morgan, Lewis, and Bockius LLP. This report documents an MNAG examination of considerations relevant to implementing nuclear technology in commercial maritime applications. In general, two types of use case are examined: maritime nuclear power plants and nuclear reactors used on board shipping vessels for propulsion and other ship needs. The report finds that there may be economic benefits related to maritime nuclear technologies, including the flexible deployment of maritime nuclear reactors, which would allow them to complement land-based nuclear projects, and operational differences for nuclear cargo ships that may lead to an overall increase in revenue. High-level analyses in this report show that, based on general small modular reactor and microreactor cost estimates developed by INL, maritime nuclear reactors may be economically competitive for electricity production in remote regions and for use in the propulsion of large cargo ships. Besides economic viability, public acceptance will be key to implementing maritime nuclear technologies. The report discusses the public’s current perception of nuclear technologies. Engaging with the public will be important to improving this perception. The report discusses some key benefits and risks associated with maritime nuclear technologies. Benefits include the creation of jobs, the production of reliable energy, and the potential to improve air quality. Risks that concern the public are the potential for radioactive releases during operation and decommissioning, as well as those related to waste management. Communicating the benefits and the risks of maritime nuclear technologies will be essential to improving public perception.

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DOE OSTI2021

DOME Trade Study Package

Package summarizes all trade studies done up to conceptual design. Intended audience is DOE.

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DOE OSTI2021

Advanced Reactor Fragility Considerations

This presentation describes advanced reactor concepts at a high level and discusses them with respect to their implications on failure modes, criticality safety, and proliferation. The presentation is meant to give cyber security specialists with no nuclear background a high level overview of future technologies and how they may be impacted by cyber security concerns. The conference will be held on Wednesday, July 21st so the presentation needs to be approved by the morning on July 20th.

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DOE OSTI2022

US NIC MFC Tour Posters

The United States Nuclear Industry Council will be visiting MFC.

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DOE OSTI2022

DOE-ID-INL-20-219 R1

DOE-ID-INL-20-219 R1 for INL-21-219 R1.

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DOE OSTI2023

Economic Impacts of Nuclear Plants in Communities

The U.S. nuclear industry currently employs nearly 475,000 people in full-time jobs (direct and secondary). 100,000 of these are direct, career-length and skilled. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Nuclear Energy Institute, the nuclear electric power generation sector directly employs between 50,000 and 60,000 workers. Nuclear vendors and manufacturers add another 60,000 positions. Compensation is also high and in 2021, nuclear power reactor operators received a median annual pay of over $100,000. While operators are not required by Nuclear Regulatory Commission regulations to have a college degree, the average nuclear engineer with a bachelor’s degree earned over $120,000. The defining characteristics of a nuclear power plant make it an economic hub because of the broad range of work roles required during construction and normal operation. This ranges from jobs in the skilled trades like electricians and pipefitters, to scientists and engineers whose backgrounds are in multiple disciplines.

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DOE OSTI2023

Resource Team Annual Report FY23

This report outlines the accomplishment of the Resource Team program in FY23, and discusses closeout of the program following this FY

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DOE OSTI2023

STAND Quickstart Guide

STAND is a flexible web application designed to identify and examine potentially feasible sites where advanced nuclear facilities might be welcomed by host communities. STAND allows the user to explore and provide insight on socioeconomic, proximity, and safety data, generate county reports, review regulatory data, and complete a comparative analysis across multiple sites by following several paths, either individually or sequentially based on the user’s needs and where they are in the deployment process. STAND is best used for the contiguous United States. STAND is not a substitute for the in-depth studies required to qualify a site for hosting a nuclear facility, nor is it a substitute for the necessary community engagement to build trust and seek consent. It can, however, be a valuable resource to aid in the siting process.

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