The paper proposes a boiler-side molten-salt TES integration for a 350 MW CFPP that extracts main and reheat steam for heat transfer into high-temperature salt, using a scheme that mitigates risks like reheat overtemperature and turbine axial thrust imbalance compared to turbine-side concepts.
The System Analysis and Integration Campaign (SA&I) conducted a study to estimate the potential for siting new 600 MWe+ facilities at operational and recently retired coal and nuclear power plant sites.
This study systematically evaluates the potential for Coal-to-Nuclear (C2N) energy transitions in the U.S using the Siting Tool for Advanced Nuclear Development (STAND). Through an extensive analysis of 245 operational CPPs in the U.S., categorized into two groups based on their nameplate capacity, a comprehensive siting assessment has been provided in this paper.
The study included an analysis of hydrological conditions from 2010 to 2023 at selected locations, which determined the potential for siting high-power nuclear reactors. An analytical model was used to calculate the required water intake for cooling, and the results were compared with actual river flow measurements.
This short paper by Brian Hensley, Valerie Fowles, and Asta Lappetelainen at Kaya Partners, a specialist climate policy consultancy, has been commissioned by the Inevitable Policy Response (IPR). It looks at 4 transition ‘battlefronts.’
This edition of the World Nuclear Performance Report continues the trend of analyzing generation by the ages of nuclear reactors in each country, showing the excellent performance of nuclear reactors, regardless of age.
Nuclear has an essential role in the energy transition as a clean firm complement to renewables. Power system decarbonization modelling, regardless of level of renewables deployment, shows the US will need at least ~700–900 GW of additional clean firm capacity to reach net-zero; nuclear could deliver this at scale.
This 2024 study, published in Energies and led by Bixiong Luo et al., evaluates the economic feasibility of repowering existing coal-fired power plants with high-temperature gas-cooled reactors (HTGRs) — a promising approach within the coal-to-nuclear (C2N) transition.
Large generation state-owned enterprises (SOEs), both central and local, play a critical role in China’s coal power transition, given their ownership and operational control over the majority of the country’s coal power fleet. Recent years have witnessed a growing trend among these entities to diversify into renewable energy.
China faces urgent challenges from climate change and aims to peak carbon emissions by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060. Coal-fired power dominates today’s energy mix, but nuclear energy is a key low-carbon solution offering stable, full-load power without the intermittency of renewables.
Authors: Jakub Ochmann, Henryk Łukowicz, Sebastian Lepszy, Łukasz Bartela This paper examines the feasibility of repowering the Kozienice coal-fired power plant in Poland through the Coal-to-Nuclear (CtN) pathway, with a particular focus on the availability of cooling water resources. The study explores how existing coal power infrastructure could be partially reused for the deployment of…
The study models site‑specific portfolios for repurposing North Carolina coal plants and quantifies regional economic impacts using IMPLAN, incorporating IRA tax credits and interconnection‑reuse discounts.
