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Small modular nuclear reactors for future electricity grids
Jakub Lüley
Institute of Nuclear and Physical Engineering, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava
Branislav Vrban
Institute of Nuclear and Physical Engineering, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava
Štefan Čerba
Institute of Nuclear and Physical Engineering, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava
Vendula Filová
Institute of Nuclear and Physical Engineering, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava
Vladimír Nečas
Institute of Nuclear and Physical Engineering, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava
Last modified:
2022-05-31
Abstract
The electricity grid comprising supply, distribution, and demand is continuously developing and utilizing the advantages of modern technologies. For the last decades the emphasis has been placed to renewable sources posing higher operational requirements on existing or newly deployed sources. As a result, current and future nuclear power plants are being called to operate more flexibly than ever before in the evolving electricity grid that looks very different or in the complicated grids where big units cannot be installed. In response to new requirements, intensive research is focused on nuclear technologies able to reduce investments costs and increase revenue via more stable operation and a combination of ancillary services. This paper presents the results of a comprehensive literature survey trying to assess the deployment capabilities of small modular reactors (SMR) for the future electricity grids also in consideration of Slovakia.
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