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IAEA again raises global nuclear power projections
Noting recent momentum behind nuclear power, the International Atomic Energy Agency has revised up its projections for the expansion of nuclear power, estimating that global nuclear operational capacity will more than double by 2050—reaching 2.6 times the 2024 level—with small modular reactors expected to play a pivotal role in this high-case scenario.
IAEA director general Rafael Mariano Grossi announced the new projections, contained in the annual report Energy, Electricity, and Nuclear Power Estimates for the Period up to 2050 at the 69th IAEA General Conference in Vienna.
In the report’s high-case scenario, nuclear electrical generating capacity is projected to increase to from 377 GW at the end of 2024 to 992 GW by 2050. In a low-case scenario, capacity rises 50 percent, compared with 2024, to 561 GW. SMRs are projected to account for 24 percent of the new capacity added in the high case and for 5 percent in the low case.
Y. Y. Chang, S. K. Loyalka
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 77 | Number 2 | February 1981 | Pages 235-250
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE81-A21357
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A computer code TWOLASER has been developed for neutronic calculations of square lattice cells in nuclear power reactors. The computer code, which uses new methods for solutions of the integral transport equation and burnup equations, has been used to assess the accuracy and speed of the LASER code. The new code considers actual two-dimensional geometry of the cell as compared to the one-dimensional approximation used by LASER. Calculations have been performed on a sample problem for a burnup of 10.6 MWd/kg fissile. Results from these calculations show that the one-dimensional approximation used by LASER is good for the sample problem. However, the method used by LASER for the solution of burnup equations is not efficient. A modified version, MLASER, of the LASER code has also been developed in this research. This version uses the one-dimensional approximation of LASER and the new method for the solution of burnup equations, and it also provides good results as compared to the results given by the two-dimensional code. However, for the same accuracy, MLASER is computationally much faster (a factor of 4) than the original LASER program. The code TWOLASER can be used to provide data for benchmarking, and MLASER can be used for the replacement of the original LASER.