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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.
Masahito Matsubayashi, Hisao Kobayashi, Takashi Hibiki, Kaichiro Mishima
Nuclear Technology | Volume 132 | Number 2 | November 2000 | Pages 309-324
Technical Paper | Radioisotopes | doi.org/10.13182/NT00-A3146
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The JRR-3M thermal neutron radiography facility was constructed in the JRR-3M of the Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute in 1991 and has been used as a research facility for various kinds of research fields. The characteristics of the facility have been briefly reported and declared to be excellent in neutron flux and in collimator ratio. Additionally, the authors have measured the beam flatness and the scattered components and have compared these measured characteristics with the design values. The neutron source, the beam tube, and the radiography rooms are described in detail and their data are applied to the analyses of the characteristics. The description of the radiography rooms includes beam size definition tubes and beam shutters, which are the most important components in the room. Also described are the restrictions on the size and shape of the sample, the background dose rates, and equipment information. The high-performance of the facility enables advanced imaging techniques such as high spatial resolution imaging and high temporal resolution imaging. The high-resolution static neutron radiography system using a cooled charge-coupled device camera has the capability to take neutron radiography images with 72 m of spatial resolution. The high frame rate neutron radiography system has the capability to image high-speed phenomena with 4500 frames/s of temporal resolution. Both neutron radiography systems are described in detail especially for key components such as fluorescent converters and cameras.