Microreactors - Idaho National Laboratory
Jan 17, 2025 · Idaho National Laboratory | Microreactors. A microreactor is a small nuclear reactor that can operate as part of the electric grid, independently from the electric grid, or as part of a microgrid to generate up to 20 megawatts thermal energy that can be used to generate electricity and provide heat for industrial applications.
FAQs Microreactors - Idaho National Laboratory
Jan 17, 2025 · A recent report by the Nuclear Energy Institute: “Cost Competitiveness of Micro-Reactors for Remote Markets,” estimates the cost to generate electricity from the first microreactor will be between $0.14/kWh and $0.41/kWh. In some remote Alaskan areas that are dependent upon diesel generators, electricity prices are more than $1/kWh.
Microeactors - Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear
The U.S. Department of Energy supports a variety of advanced reactor designs, including gas, liquid metal, molten salt and heat pipe-cooled concepts. American microreactor developers are currently focused on gas and heat pipe-cooled designs that could debut as …
Heat-Pipe Micro Reactor (MR) Description - MOOSE
The VTB MRAD model is based off of the Micro-Reactor design under analysis by the NEAMS Micro-Reactor Application Drivers area (Stauff et al., 2021). As a modeling exercise, a micro-reactor concept was designed at ANL to gather some of the most pressing modeling challenges faced by the micro-reactor industry: a) the use of heat pipe ...
DOE Microreactor Program - Gateway for Accelerated Innovation …
Microreactors are a class of very small modular reactors targeted for non-conventional nuclear markets. The US Department of Energy supports a variety of advanced reactor designs, including gas, liquid-metal, molten-salt, and heat-pipe-cooled concepts. In the U.S., microreactor developers are currently focused on designs that could be deployed as early as the mid-2020s.
• L. Galanek, “Physical Security Requirements for Micro- Reactors”, B.S. Thesis, May 2021 . Briefings to: • Micro-reactor program leadership at INL, August 2022 • Micro-reactor principals at the NRC, August 2022 • Micro-reactor group at NEI, August 2022 • eVinci group at Westinghouse Electric Company, August 2022
What People Are Saying - Idaho National Laboratory
Jan 17, 2025 · The Energy Department has granted compact fast reactor developer Oklo Inc. a permit to build a small nuclear reactor at the Idaho National Laboratory. Oklo, which will announce the landmark development Tuesday, is the first non-light water power reactor design to receive a site use permit, effective for the lifetime of the plant.
This report presents several design configurations of small reactor (SR)-based microgrids for the deployment in different use case applications. In general, the proposed microgrids are designed with SRs that include small modular reactors (SMRs) and …
Energy (DOE-NE) under the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Advanced Reactor Technology (ART) portfolio’s Microreactor Program (MRP). The authors extend their thanks to researchers from the highlighted institutions for their support. They …
GAIN-EPRI-NEI-US NIC Micro-Reactor Workshop
Jun 18, 2019 · GAIN-EPRI-NEI-US NIC Micro-Reactor Workshop. June 18-19, 2019 . The purpose of the GAIN-EPRI-NEI-US NIC Micro-Reactor Workshop was to identify the unique needs of the micro-reactor industry along with associated …