GEMINI Plus project for HTGR nuclear cogeneration demonstration
Journal Title: Energetika - Year 2018, Vol 0, Issue 0
Abstract
In September 2007, the Sustainable Nuclear Energy Technology Platform (SNETP) launched its activity in three major pillars: maintaining the safety and competitiveness of today’s technologies, developing a new generation of more sustainable reactor technologies, and developing new applications for nuclear power. One of these pillars is implemented by the Nuclear Cogeneration Industrial Initiative (NC2I), which targets the development of a nuclear cogeneration solution for delivering process heat and steam, as well as electricity to industrial facilities, in replacement of fossil fuel-burning cogeneration plants. In line with SNETP deployment strategy for use of nuclear energy in non-electric applications, NC2I was launched to demonstrate industrial nuclear cogeneration and to federate actions at national and European levels. On the other hand, NGNP (Next Generation Nuclear Plant) Industry Alliance and NC2I two years ago decided to launch the GEMINI Initiative (Trans-Atlantic Partnership to Accelerate the Development of High-Temperature Gas-cooled Reactors) for facilitating this challenging phase by sharing the development efforts and the risks between the US and Europe. Endeavouring to maximise the convergence of safety approaches and related technological options of the High Temperature Gas-cooled Reactor (HTGR) systems on both sides of the ocean will allow sharing costs and risks of the programme and facilitating commercial deployment worldwide. Presently, GEMINI members are exploring the growth of this partnership towards consortia in other countries involved in HTGR development. Over the past 15 years, the US industry has invested over $1 billion in evaluating design trade-offs, early design and equipment qualification for HTGR technology. For demonstration of industrial nuclear cogeneration and to federate actions at national and European levels, the Euratom research projects were conducted in the past: RAPHAEL, EUROPAIRS, ARCHER and NC2I-R provided substantial results concerning safety aspects, coupling systems, fuel, materials, market knowledge, etc. So, GEMINI Initiative calls for a simple, transparent, accountable and strong agreement between the private sector companies to work with their governments under international agreement framework to carry out the design and regulatory work for the first commercial HTGR.
Authors and Affiliations
Eugenijus Ušpuras, Raimondas Pabarčius, Andrius Slavickas
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