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IAEA again raises global nuclear power projections
Noting recent momentum behind nuclear power, the International Atomic Energy Agency has revised up its projections for the expansion of nuclear power, estimating that global nuclear operational capacity will more than double by 2050—reaching 2.6 times the 2024 level—with small modular reactors expected to play a pivotal role in this high-case scenario.
IAEA director general Rafael Mariano Grossi announced the new projections, contained in the annual report Energy, Electricity, and Nuclear Power Estimates for the Period up to 2050 at the 69th IAEA General Conference in Vienna.
In the report’s high-case scenario, nuclear electrical generating capacity is projected to increase to from 377 GW at the end of 2024 to 992 GW by 2050. In a low-case scenario, capacity rises 50 percent, compared with 2024, to 561 GW. SMRs are projected to account for 24 percent of the new capacity added in the high case and for 5 percent in the low case.
Ming Zeng, Beibei Shao, Lei Hou, Guanghua Gong, Jianmin Li, Yuxiong Li
Nuclear Technology | Volume 168 | Number 3 | December 2009 | Pages 676-679
Accelerators | Special Issue on the 11th International Conference on Radiation Shielding and the 15th Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division (PART 3) / Radiation Protection | doi.org/10.13182/NT09-A9288
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A beam loss monitoring (BLM) system for a linear accelerator (LINAC) and booster has been designed and implemented at the Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, which is under construction. It is a distributed system, constructed with 54 detectors, 11 data collectors, and a console personal computer. Several experiments were made at the National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory to verify the performance of this system, and one comparison experiment with thermoluminescent dosimeters for dose rate measurement was also done. From preliminary experiments and commissioning, this BLM system is proving to be functional and a useful tool to study the machine status. Moreover, it is hoped that this can be developed into a new method to measure the radiation dose distribution around the LINAC and booster directly, which would help the shielding calculation for future facilities, although more quantitative experiments are needed.
