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The Offshore Floating Nuclear Plant Concept

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Buongiorno, Jacopo; Jurewicz, Jacob M.; Golay, Michael W; Todreas, Neil E
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Abstract
A new offshore floating nuclear plant (OFNP) concept with high potential for attractive economics and an unprecedented level of safety is presented. OFNP creatively combines state-of-the-art light water reactors and floating platforms similar to those used in offshore oil/gas operations. A reliable and cost-effective global supply chain exists for both technologies; therefore, robust expansion in the use of nuclear energy becomes possible on a timescale consistent with combating climate change in the near future. OFNP is a plant that can be entirely built within a floating platform in a shipyard; transferred to the site, where it is anchored within 12 nautical miles (22 km) off the coast in relatively deep water (≥100 m); and connected to the grid via submarine transmission cables. OFNP eliminates earthquakes and tsunamis as accident precursors; its ocean-based passive safety systems eliminate the loss of ultimate heat sink accident by design. The OFNP crews operate in monthly or semimonthly shifts with onboard living quarters, like on oil/gas platforms. OFNP is a reactor for the global market: It can be constructed in one country and exported internationally; it lends itself to a flexible and mobile electricity generation approach, which minimizes the need for indigenous nuclear infrastructure in the host country; and it does not commit the customer to a 40- to 60-year-long project.
Date issued
2016-01
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/106334
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering
Journal
Nuclear Technology
Publisher
American Nuclear Society
Citation
Buongiorno, J. et al. “The Offshore Floating Nuclear Plant Concept.” Nuclear Technology 194.1 (2016): n. pag.
Version: Author's final manuscript
ISSN
0029-5450
1943-7471

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