Massive growth is expected in the global demand for electricity, which will require an expansion of both generation and the transmission system, speakers at a side event at the World Energy Congress 2024 agreed. Nuclear power will play an important role, they said, in ensuring the resilience of the future electricity system.
The upcoming Joint Project on Waste Integration for Small and Advanced Reactor Designs - or WISARD - will focus on exploring how front-end and design phase decisions impact back-end strategies to support sustainable future nuclear systems.
The document outlines the critical strategies and support actions necessary for the successful large-scale deployment of advanced reactors. Its initial focus is on the USA and Canada, but the roadmap is designed to be a "living document" that evolves and refocuses strategies and actions as the future unfolds.
/PRNewswire/ EPRI and the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) today jointly released the first phase of their Advanced Reactor Roadmap at the Nuclear Energy.
It’s not uncommon for nuclear power plants to be sited relatively close to large metropolitan areas (within 50 miles, for example), after all, that is