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NN Asks: What hurdles stand in the way of nuclear power’s global expansion?
Jake Jurewicz
Nuclear technology is mature. It provides firm power at scale with minimal externalities and has done so for decades. The core problem isn’t about the technology—it is how the plants are built. Nuclear construction has a well-documented history of cost and schedule overruns. Previous nuclear plants often spent more than twice what was first budgeted, making nuclear among the power technologies with the largest average cost overruns worldwide.
Recent projects illustrate how severe the problem can be. In South Carolina, the V.C. Summer nuclear expansion saw projected costs rise from roughly $10 billion to more than $25 billion before the project was abandoned in 2017, by which time more than $9 billion had already been spent and customers were stuck paying for a site they have yet to benefit from.
The Consortium for Advanced Simulation of Light Water Reactors Virtual Meeting
Technical Session|Sponsored by Thermal Hydraulic Methods
Wednesday, November 18, 2020|12:00–2:10PM EST|2
Session Chair:
Emilio Baglietto (MIT)
Alternate Chair:
Matteo Bucci (MIT)
Track Organizer:
Scott Palmtag (NC State Univ.)
Staff Producers:
Monica V Pham (MIT)
Ralph Wiser (MIT)
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Multi-phase Flow Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling and Simulation for Boiling Water Reactor Applications
Su-Jong Yoon (Idaho National Laboratory), Emilio Baglietto (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Jinyong Feng (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
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Assessment of industrial applicability of DNB predictions in CFD with improved CASL FY19 closures
Jinyong Feng (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Zachary Skirpan (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Emilio Baglietto (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Industry Application of CASL DNB Prediction Methods
Robert Brewster (Westinghouse Electric Company), Emilio Baglietto (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), W. D. Pointer (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Virtual Pressurized Water Reactor CFD Modeling at Westinghouse
Robert Brewster (Westinghouse Electric Company), Emre Tatli (Westinghouse Electric Company), Yiban Xu (Westinghouse Electric Company), Emilio Baglietto (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
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