Local fission and climate advocates at Seattle Friends of Fission (FoF) see great hope in this form factor of advanced nuclear.
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If the technology proves to live up to its promises, it could revive America’s nuclear industry and help provide our cities with fossil free power.
Supposed benefits of SMRs and their improvement in fission energy may make them compelling options for growing urban communities in search of non-carbon energy sources. Nuscale’s small form factor fission reactor technology is a part of a newer family of Generation III/III+ reactors, which have better economics and safety features compared to the Generation II reactors that are stereotypical of the American fleet and public perception.
The SMR power plant will be the first of its kind in the United States, whose fleet of fission reactors has begun a slow string of retirements. Idaho National Laboratory, where the the CFPP plant will be built. UAMPS CEO noted that this project will complement and enable additional intermittent renewable energy, wind and solar that are a growing part of the agency’s portfolio. UAMPS will be distributing energy from the plant to their participating public power utility customers in Utah, California, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, and Wyoming. Applications for construction and operation are set to be applied for in 2023. If the process goes well, Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS), which owns the Carbon Free Power Project, hopes to begin construction of the plant in 2025. The 720 megawatt (MWe) fission plant will be located at the Idaho National Laboratory and be composed of NuScale’s 60 MWe nuclear power modules. NuScale Power’s design is forecasted to be built by and start operation in the Carbon Free Power Project plant in 2029. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Design Approval in August. This news follows the first ever SMR design to receive U.S. On October 16th, the Department of Energy approved a multi-year cost share award of up $1.355 billion to a new entity, the Carbon Free Power Project, to demonstrate and deploy a 12-module small modular reactor (SMR) power plant. However that appears likely to change soon, and nuclear power can be a key part of decarbonizing our energy mix and reducing air pollution. That output is done at legacy facilities since the United States has not completed a new nuclear power plant in three decades. Nuclear power accounts for nearly 20% of American electricity generation, which still outpaces renewable power generation by a few points. The building was designed as a symbolic skyscraper that will add to the skyline of New York, one of the world’s most iconic cities, and reflect Turkish culture, history, and diversity.An artist’s rendering of NuScale Power’s small modular nuclear reactor plant. The building, which uses traditional Turkish architectural motifs, especially from the Seljuk Empire, rises to the sky in the shape of a tulip and can be seen from downtown Manhattan, the East River, and Long Island. “We will open the 36-story Turkevi Center in New York on Monday, right across the UN (Headquarters),” he told his Justice and Development Party (AK) Party’s provincial advisory meeting. The Turkish president will reach the US on Sunday as part of his visit to attend the 76th session of the UN General Assembly. Speaking at a separate meeting in Mersin earlier in the day, Erdogan said he will inaugurate the Turkevi Center in New York on Monday. Inaguration of Turkevi Center in New York
Turkey's first nuclear power plant will consist of four reactors with a total installed power of 4,800 megawatts. Turkey and Russia signed an agreement for the construction of the Akkuyu nuclear power plant on May 12, 2010. 'The facility in Akkuyu will contribute to our development with the electricity it will generate, to our environment with the reduction in carbon emissions, and to our breakthroughs in this field with its technology,' said Erdogan. Saying that a total of 13,000 engineers (10,000 Turkish and 3,000 Russians) are working to complete the power plant, he underlined that the facility is being constructed with the latest and safest technology in its field. 'I would like to congratulate those who contributed to the acquisition and construction of this strategic investment in Akkuyu,' he said, adding that Turkey aims to build more power plants. Speaking at a mass opening ceremony in the southern Mersin province, Recep Tayyip Erdogan highlighted the importance of nuclear energy for the country’s future. The Turkish president said on Friday that the first unit of Akkuyu nuclear power plant will be completed by May 2023.
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