International Conference on Small Modular Reactors and their Applications

On some safety and technology perspectives for the new nuclear reactor types

Not scheduled

20m

Vienna

Oral Track 1: Design and Technology Development of SMRs

Speaker

DAN SERBANESCU (DIVISION OF LOGIC AND METHODOLOGIES OF SCIENCE - GROUP OF INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH - ROMANIAN ACADEMY)

Description

Nuclear Power Plants (NPP) passed so far through various stages of evolution. For the Small Modular Reactors (SMR), which are part of this complex process valuable insights might be provided a triple facet perspective based on considering this type of NPP as a:
I. New phase in the safety principles evolution, as for instance safety concepts or Defence in Depth
II. Thermodynamic and cybernetic machine, characterized by concepts of probability, risk, entropy
III. Dominant technology of the reactor core as part of a set of concurring enveloping technologies in the context of industry 4.0 phase, but with consideration of lessons learnt from natural reactors
The triple facet evaluation is performed for three cases of SMR’s:
A. Water cooled
B. Gas cooled
C. Molten sault
The insights could be of interest for guiding strategic research and objectives for SMR types of NPP’s

Presentation materials

Track1_13_Serbanescu_presentation.pptx

Peer reviewing

Paper

Accepted on 6 Sept 2024 by Alina CONSTANTIN

Paper files:

• Dan Serbanescu SMR paper corrected.docx