Economically Feasible Mobile Nuclear Power Plant for Merchant Ships and Remote Clients

Freire, Luciano Ondir; Andrade, Delvonei Alves de

doi:10.1080/00295450.2018.1546067

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“…In previous studies by Brazilian researchers [22], an economic feasibility analysis of small-scale mobile nuclear power plants was developed based on a system engineering methodology. The research explored the use of these reactors to supply electricity to a wide range of national customers, including merchant ships, armed forces, the agricultural sector, industries, businesses, and homes.…”

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SWOT analysis of a Floating Nuclear Power Plant for electricity generation in Brazil

Gual,

Maturana,

Da Costa Romberg Júnior

et al. 2023

Braz. J. Rad. Sci.

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The growing demand for electricity, increasing rising fossil fuel prices and global warming in Brazil, together with the lack of access to electricity on the part of the population in certain locations in the Northern Region, such as, for example, Rondônia, Pará and Amazonas, is currently seeking for solutions. The objective of the present study is to carry out a Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) analysis of the inclusion of a project of a floating nuclear power plants (FNPP) in Brazil with a view to solving the lack of electricity in homes and in industries located in remote regions of Brazil. Study results identified several socioeconomic and environmental impacts on this regions. The study concludes that in addition to contributing to the solution of the lack of energy in remote regions, the implementation of this proposal could represent in the future a source of inflow of financial resources in the country and of international collaboration. This SWOT study will encourage investors, researchers, engineers and decision makers to open the debate about the benefit of using a FNPP in Brazil, which in addition to providing economic energy rates for the population, would be a profitable business and an international collaboration.

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SWOT analysis of a Floating Nuclear Power Plant for electricity generation in Brazil

Gual,

Maturana,

Da Costa Romberg Júnior

et al. 2023

Braz. J. Rad. Sci.

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“…However, it is possible to make this curve lower, getting access to more market niches. In earlier work [15], authors proposed ship modular architecture because the mobile nuclear power plants may have a long life (about 60 years) and ships typically have shorter life (25 years). This way, detaching the plant from the ship and transferring it to another ship, the life cycle cost becomes lower.…”

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“…Besides, all systems running in normal operation should be normal industrial quality. An earlier work presented an example of steam generator adopting this principle [15]. As passive safety is gaining space in land nuclear power plants, the same should occur for Mobile Nuclear Power Plants, as passive elements are more dependable and cheaper than active parts.…”

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Entering new markets: nuclear industry challenges

Freire

Andrade²

2021

Braz. J. Rad. Sci.

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Nuclear ship propulsion and isolated islands energy supply are unexplored markets for nuclear vendors. Carbon taxes and fuel regulations may make fossil fuels more expensive. Such markets pay more for energy because of organization and transport costs and use of small machines, which are less efficient than grid generators. The goal of this work is to find the measures the nuclear industry needs to take to get into new potential markets. This work shows the different actors and their interests and points the natural or physical constraints they face. Considering interests and constraints, this work named the most probable market niches where nuclear power may beat other power sources. After considering natural constraints, this paper analyses human-generated constraints and presents a way on how to mitigate or solve them. This study shows that nuclear industry needs to take technical, administrative, and political measures before nuclear power arrives to a wider market. This work is based on literature review and qualitative analysis and cannot point precise thresholds where nuclear power should be competitive. Future work will consist of statistical analysis to find precise thresholds to help in the decision-making process.

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“…A better option for reducing the CO 2 footprint of shipping would be changing the propulsion technology or fuel, for which alternatives have been proposed. These include nuclear propulsion ( Ondir Freire and de Andrade, 2018 ; Schøyen and Steger-Jensen, 2017 ), fuel cells ( Tronstad et al., 2016 ; van Biert et al., 2016 ), batteries ( DNV GL, 2016 ; Peralta P et al, 2019 ), ammonia ( de Vries, 2019 ; Ash and Scarbrough, 2019 ), and various biofuels. These technologies have their advantages and disadvantages, which are briefly summarized in Table 1 .…”

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A Perspective on Biofuels Use and CCS for GHG Mitigation in the Marine Sector

2020

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Summary The greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of the marine sector were around 2.6% of world GHG emissions in 2015 and are expected to increase 50%–250% to 2050 under a “business as usual” scenario, making the decarbonization of this fossil fuel-intensive sector an urgent priority. Biofuels, which come in various forms, are one of the most promising options to replace existing marine fuels for accomplishing this in the short to medium term. Some unique challenges, however, impede biofuels penetration in the shipping sector, including the low cost of the existing fuels, the extensive present-day refueling infrastructure, and the exclusion of the sector from the Paris climate agreement. To address this, it is necessary to first identify those biofuels best suited for deployment as marine fuel. In this work, the long list of possible biofuel candidates has been narrowed down to four high-potential options—bio-methanol, bio-dimethyl ether, bio-liquefied natural gas, and bio-oil. These options are further evaluated based on six criteria—cost, potential availability, present technology status, GHG mitigation potential, infrastructure compatibility, and carbon capture and storage (CCS) compatibility—via both an extensive literature review and stakeholder discussions. These four candidates turn out to be relatively evenly matched overall, but each possesses certain strengths and shortcomings that could favor that fuel under specific circumstances, such as if compatibility with existing shipping infrastructure or with CCS deployment become pivotal requirements. Furthermore, we pay particular attention to the possibility of integrating deployment of these biofuels with CCS to further reduce marine sector emissions. It is shown that this aspect is presently not on the radar of the industry stakeholders but is likely to grow in importance as CCS acceptability increases in the broader green energy sector.

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Economically Feasible Mobile Nuclear Power Plant for Merchant Ships and Remote Clients

Cited by 8 publications

References 7 publications

SWOT analysis of a Floating Nuclear Power Plant for electricity generation in Brazil

SWOT analysis of a Floating Nuclear Power Plant for electricity generation in Brazil

Entering new markets: nuclear industry challenges

A Perspective on Biofuels Use and CCS for GHG Mitigation in the Marine Sector

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