Flexible Plant Operation and Generation
The Light Water Reactor Sustainability (LWRS) Program’s Flexible Plant Operation and Generation pathway conducts research and development to evaluate economic opportunities, technical methods and licensing needs for light water reactors to directly supply energy to industrial processes.
Objectives, Research Areas and Outcomes
Objectives
Develop and support the deployment of technologies to increase the flexibility of nuclear power plants operation and generation by diversifying their products and revenue.
Research Areas
Outcomes
Technical and economic assessment of flexible plant operation and generation.
Understand and implement appropriate control interfaces for dis​patching thermal and electrical energy to tertiary industrial processes.
Assess potential damage at extended operations​ and ensure safety when a​ nuclear power plant’s operation is extended.
manufacturing plants, biofuel plants, desalination, industrial parks and plant fueling stations.