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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.
R. Fred Rolsten, Leon Glaspell, J. P. Waltz
Nuclear Technology | Volume 36 | Number 3 | December 1977 | Pages 314-327
Technical Paper | Economic | doi.org/10.13182/NT77-A31945
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Europe and the Far East have been using refuse-to-energy plants to power turbine generators in the production of electricity. If the U.S. would convert the total municipal refuse to energy at normal efficiency, 6% of the total U.S. electric production could be produced. Pelletized solid waste [refuse-derived fuel (RDF)] can be mixed with coal and burned in existing industrial spreader stoker-fired boilers. An RDF-to-coal volume ratio of 1:1 corresponding to a weight ratio of 40:60 and an energy ratio of 23:77 was burned in a completely unmodified steam plant without unusual variations in equipment operation for a 24-h period. In addition, there was significant reduction in both SO2 and HC emissions compared to low-sulfur coal. Difficulties were experienced with an RDF-to-coal volume ratio of 2:1. Control data were established for comparative purposes by burning coal for a 24-h period.
