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National labs drive nuclear innovations and uprates for the U.S. fleet
As the United States faces surging electricity demand driven by artificial intelligence, data centers, and a push to bring manufacturing back home, Idaho National Laboratory is leading an effort to modernize and expand the nation’s nuclear power capabilities by revamping the Department of Energy’s Light Water Reactor Sustainability (LWRS) Program.
D. P. Dionizio, P. L. C. Saldanha, P. F. Frutuoso E Melo, C. M. F. Lapa
Nuclear Technology | Volume 210 | Number 3 | March 2024 | Pages 436-456
Research Article | doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2023.2229182
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
This work investigates the availability of the power system of a Konvoi nuclear power plant against a station blackout scenario considering the acquisition of emergency mobile diesel generators (DGMs) as an additional alternative for power supply to the plant, which is one of the post-Fukushima initiatives planned to improve safety. The study was carried out by modeling the systems involved using Markov chains. The simulation carried out through the MATLAB program showed a considerable gain in the availability of the emergency electric system when the group of DGMs is added to the set.