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Smarter waste strategies: Helping deliver on the promise of advanced nuclear
At COP28, held in Dubai in 2023, a clear consensus emerged: Nuclear energy must be a cornerstone of the global clean energy transition. With electricity demand projected to soar as we decarbonize not just power but also industry, transport, and heat, the case for new nuclear is compelling. More than 20 countries committed to tripling global nuclear capacity by 2050. In the United States alone, the Department of Energy forecasts that the country’s current nuclear capacity could more than triple, adding 200 GW of new nuclear to the existing 95 GW by mid-century.
Frederic C. Scofield, Rocco A. Fazzolare
Nuclear Technology | Volume 20 | Number 3 | December 1973 | Pages 140-148
Technical Paper | Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT73-A31353
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In an arid climate, the consumptive use of water by a steam power plant may place a constraint on the plant size and location, and may affect the choice of nuclear or fossil fuel. To estimate the water consumption resulting from the use of recirculating evaporative cooling systems, mathematical models of a cooling tower, cooling pond, and cooling pond with a supplemental spray system were developed, based on meteorological phenomena. The monthly and annual evaporation was then computed using climatological data. The use of a spray system to reduce the required cooling pond surface area is found to be feasible and effective in reducing the evaporation resulting from cooling pond operation.
