Understanding the innovative developments with two-stage technology S-curve of nuclear energy projects

2021 ◽  
Vol 140 ◽  
pp. 103924
Author(s):  
Yue Meng ◽  
Hasan Diner ◽  
Serhat Yüksel
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Energy ◽  
Two Stage ◽  
Energy Projects ◽  
S Curve

Greater acceptability, lower compensations required? The impact of perceived net benefits on willingness to accept nuclear energy projects

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Davide Contu ◽  
Elgilani Eltahir Elshareif
Keyword(s):  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Nuclear Energy ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Willingness To Accept ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Nuclear Plants ◽  
Energy Projects ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Support Cost

Purpose This paper aims to estimate willingness to accept (WTA) hypothetical nuclear energy projects and the impact of net perceived benefits across three countries: Italy, a country without nuclear plants in operation; the UK, a country with nuclear plants in operation and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which has more recently opted for the inclusion of nuclear energy in its energy mix. These valuations can support cost-benefit analyses by allowing policymakers to account for additional benefits and costs which would be otherwise neglected. Design/methodology/approach Data collection was conducted through online nationwide surveys, for a total of over 4,000 individuals sampled from Italy, the UK and the UAE. The surveys included choice experiments designed to elicit preferences towards nuclear energy in the form of WTA, indicating estimated compensations for welfare worsening changes and questions to measure perceived risks and benefits. Findings The average WTA/Km is the lowest for the case of the UAE. What is more, perceived net positive benefits tend to decrease the WTA required by the UAE respondents? Moreover, across the cases, albeit to a lesser extent with regard to Italy’s case, there is evidence that a more positive benefit perception seems to increase the valuation of environmental and public benefits offered as part of the experiment. Originality/value The contribution of this study is primarily twofold: first, it provides a comparison of WTA values in a context where the availability of choice experiment data is scant; second, it assesses whether and to what extent perceived net positive benefits of nuclear energy impact WTA of nuclear energy projects.

scholarly journals Nuclear’s Model T

2009 ◽  
Vol 131 (07) ◽  
pp. 36-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Craig F. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Economic Performance ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Nuclear Energy ◽  
The United States ◽  
Economy Of Scale ◽  
Energy Projects ◽  
Alternative Sources ◽  
A Site ◽  
Central Station ◽  
Broad Interest

This article discusses that the future of nuclear energy could lie in plants that can be factory built, shipped to a site, and operated 30 years without refueling. The scope and timing •of the “nuclear renaissance,” however, remain somewhat uncertain. All that is known is that in countries around the globe, including the United States, significant numbers of new nuclear energy projects are under way or in various stages of planning, and this activity represents a departure from that of recent decades. The broad interest in developing new small reactor system concepts seems to be in conflict with the trend toward ever-larger central station power plants, which is driven by the principle of economy of scale. The Secure Transportable Autonomous Reactor (STAR) concept and the Small Secure Transportable Autonomous Reactor (SSTAR) reactor in particular provide good examples of additional design features that could make the introduction of such reactors more readily accepted while offering the potential for economic performance that makes sense in comparison to other alternative sources of energy.

Development of an ASME Code for Graphite Core Components

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian A. Sanna
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Energy ◽  
National Laboratory ◽  
Oak Ridge ◽  
Energy Projects ◽  
Oak Ridge National Laboratory ◽  
Asme Code ◽  
Core Components ◽  
Division 2

In October 2003, a meeting was held at Oak Ridge National Laboratory to discuss a proposal to restart the development of the draft ASME BPV Section III, Division 2, Subsection CE code. The intent was to update, expand and attain approval of a graphite core components code to support Generation IV nuclear energy projects.

scholarly journals Why the Singularity Cannot Happen

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
THEODORE MODIS
Keyword(s):  
Growth Pattern ◽  
Nuclear Energy ◽  
Baby Boom ◽  
Rate Of Change ◽  
Growth Potential ◽  
Western World ◽  
Car Accidents ◽  
Fitting Procedures ◽  
Order Of Magnitude ◽  
S Curve

The concept of a Singularity as described in Ray Kurzweil’s book cannot happen for a number of reasons. One reason is that all natural growth processes that follow exponential patterns eventually reveal themselves to be following S-curves thus excluding runaway situations. The remaining growth potential from Kurzweil’s “knee”, which could be approximated as the moment when an S-curve pattern begins deviating from the corresponding exponential, is a factor of only one order of magnitude greater than the growth already achieved. A second reason is that there is already evidence of a slowdown in some important trends. The growth pattern of the U.S. GDP is no longer exponential. Had Kurzweil been more rigorous in his fitting procedures, he would have recognized it. Moore’s law and the Microsoft Windows operating systems are both approaching end-of-life limits. The Internet rush has also ended — for the time being — as the number of users stopped growing; in the western world because of saturation and in the underdeveloped countries because infrastructures, education, and the standard of living there are not yet up to speed. A third reason is that society is capable of auto-regulating runaway trends as was the case with deadly car accidents, the AIDS threat, and rampant overpopulation. This control goes beyond government decisions and conscious intervention. Environmentalists who fought nuclear energy in the 1980s, may have been reacting only to nuclear energy’s excessive rate of growth, not nuclear energy per se, which is making a comeback now.What may happen instead of a Singularity is that the rate of change soon begins slowing down. The exponential pattern of change witnessed up to now dictates more milestone events during year 2025 than witnessed throughout the entire 20th century! But such events are already overdue today. If, on the other hand, the change growth pattern has indeed been following an S-curve, then the rate of change is about to enter a declining trajectory; the baby boom generation will have witnessed more change during their lives than anyone else before or after them.

Nuclear Energy Levels ofC13; Two-Stage ReactionN14(t, n)O16*(α)C12

1962 ◽  
Vol 127 (6) ◽  
pp. 2113-2122 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. G. Silbert
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Energy ◽  
Energy Levels ◽  
Two Stage ◽  
Nuclear Energy Levels

Two-stage self-seeding method for preparation of single crystals of poly(phenylene sulfide)

1989 ◽  
Vol 47 ◽  
pp. 368-369
Author(s):  
Sengshiu Chung ◽  
Peggy Cebe
Keyword(s):  
Single Crystals ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Dilute Solution ◽  
Two Stage ◽  
Annealing Behavior ◽  
High Performance Polymers ◽  
Seeding Method ◽  
Phenylene Sulfide

We are studying the crystallization and annealing behavior of high performance polymers, like poly(p-pheny1ene sulfide) PPS, and poly-(etheretherketone), PEEK. Our purpose is to determine whether PPS, which is similar in many ways to PEEK, undergoes reorganization during annealing. In an effort to address the issue of reorganization, we are studying solution grown single crystals of PPS as model materials.Observation of solution grown PPS crystals has been reported. Even from dilute solution, embrionic spherulites and aggregates were formed. We observe that these morphologies result when solutions containing uncrystallized polymer are cooled. To obtain samples of uniform single crystals, we have used two-stage self seeding and solution replacement techniques.

364: Two stage "Progressive Elongation of Spermatic Cord" Technique in Criptorchidism with very short Spermatic Vessels

2007 ◽  
Vol 177 (4S) ◽  
pp. 121-121
Author(s):  
Antonio Dessanti ◽  
Diego Falchetti ◽  
Marco Iannuccelli ◽  
Susanna Milianti ◽  
Gian P. Strusi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spermatic Cord ◽  
Two Stage
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