Next generation nuclear plant

Next Generation Nuclear Plant Project—Preliminary Project Management Plan, INL/EXT-05-00952 Rev.l Idaho National Laboratory, March 2006. 

The Energy Policy Act of 8 August 2005 in the United States sets plans for the Next Generation Nuclear Plant with the mission of proceeding to pre-industrial demonstrations of nuclear hydrogen production in the 2020s. 

This work was supported by the US Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Hydrogen Initiative and Next Generation Nuclear Plant Programs under DOE Operations Office Contract DE-AC07-05ID14517. 

Department of Energy/Nuclear Regulatory Commission (DOE/NRC) (2008), Next Generation Nuclear Plant Licensing Strategy, A Report to Congress, Joint DOE/NRC report, August. 

NRC (2008), Next Generation Nuclear Plant Phenomena Identification and Ranking Tables (PIRTs) , Process Heat and Hydrogen Co-generation PIRTs, Volume 6, Report NUREG/CR-6944, March. 

Design Features and Technology Uncertainties for the Next Generation Nuclear Plant, INEEL/EXT-04-01816, Independent Technology Review Group, June 30, 2004. 

Incorporation of experience in the design and validation of next generation nuclear plants and... 

Efforts in support of the commercial version of the GT-MHR have resulted in the production of licensing and deployment plans. Planning for a possible demonstration plant in the US (the next generation nuclear plant - NGNP-project), begun in 2003, may result in a restructuring of the GT-MHR commercialization strategy. 

For next generation nuclear plant (NGNP), higher temperature reactor vessel material may be required because of the higher core outlet helium temperature (1000°C) speeifieally, alternative materials (e.g. carbon-carbon composites) may be required in place of thermal barrier metallic materials... 

The INL has performed an assessment of both the pebble bed and prismatic fuel type helium gas cooled reactor. This is for the next generation nuclear plant (NGNP) to demonstrate emissions-free nuclear assisted electricity and hydrogen production. These designs will meet the three basic requirements that have been set for the NGNP a coolant outlet temperature of 1,000°C, passive safety, and a total power output consistent with that expected for commercial HTGRs. 

XrV-20] MACDONALD, P.E., et al.. The next generation nuclear plant - Insights gained from the INL point design studies, INL (Paper presented at Int. Conf., Pittsburgh, USA, June 2004) ICAPP 04. 

In the USA, the technology embodied in the GT-MHR concept has been recognized to have high potential, with modest further development work, to meet the requirements for the next generation nuclear plant (NGNP) demonstration project planned to be built at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL). 

XXVI-5] PETERSON, P.F., H. ZHAO, R. BALLINGER et al.. Next generation nuclear plant power conversion study technology options assessment, US. Department of Energy, Washington, D.C. (2004)... 

HPLWR (High-Pressure Light Water Reactor) NGNP (Next-Generation Nuclear Plant NGNP Industry Alliance) LC-E-SSTAR (LakeChime Evolutionary Small Secure Transportable Reactor)... 

G.O. Hayner, Next Generation Nuclear Plant Materials Research and Development Plan, INL/EXT-06-11701, 2006. 

T.D. Burchell, Nuteg/CR-6944, Next Generation Nuclear Plant Phenomena Volume 5 Graphite PIRTs, vol. 5, 2007. 

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