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included as one of its goals, finding ways
to accelerate the introduction of small
modular reactors into the commercial
marketplace. In announcing the goals and
objectives of the plan, WGA Chairman
and Governor of Utah, Gary Herbert
heralded SMR’s as an important hope for
the future energy needs of the west.
7.
Provide a brief description of
NuScale by providing additional
information which is not covered above.
NuScale Power is developing a new
kind of nuclear plant; a safer, smaller,
scalable version of pressurized water
reactor technology, designed with natural
safety features. Fluor Corporation, a
global engineering, procurement and
construction company with a 60-year
history in commercial nuclear power,
is the majority investor in NuScale.
As the sole winner of the second round
of the U.S. Department of Energy’s
competitively-bid, cost-sharing program
to develop nuclear small modular
reactor technology, NuScale’s design not
only offers the benefits of carbon-free
nuclear power but takes away the issues
presented by the cost of installing large
capacity. A nuclear power plant using
NuScale’s technology is comprised of
individual nuclear power modules; each
produces 45 megawatts of electricity with
its own combined containment vessel and
reactor system, and its own packaged
turbine-generator set. A power plant can
include as many as 12 NuScale integral
PWR modules to produce as much as
540 megawatts. The reactors are cooled
by the natural circulation of water and
can be shut down safely with no operator
action, no AC or DC power, and no
external water. NuScale power plants
are scalable - additional modules are
added as customer demand for electricity
increases. NuScale’s technology also
is ideally suited to supply energy for
district heating, desalination and other
applications.
Contact: James Mellott, NuScale
Power, 6650 SW Redwood Lane, Suite
210, Portland, Oregon 97224; telephone:
NuScale Power Module - NuScale
has developed an innovative, simple,
safe, economic, and scalable small
modular reactor. Using proven light
water reactor (LWR) technology, the
NuScale Power Module is cooled by
natural circulation, is entirely self-
contained and installed underwater
and underground to maximize safety.
