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Alternative Power Systems
Published in Dale R. Patrick, Stephen W. Fardo, Brian W. Fardo, Electrical Power Systems Technology, 2021
Dale R. Patrick, Stephen W. Fardo, Brian W. Fardo
A unique concept in electrical power production, considered in the 1970s, was called a floating nuclear power plant. Floating nuclear plants were proposed to be nuclear-fission plants mounted on huge floating platforms for operation on the water. These systems were planned for use on the Atlantic Ocean. Breakwaters would surround the power plant to protect it from waves and ship collisions. These units could be located on rivers, inlets, or in the ocean. The plants could be manufactured on land and then transported to the area where they would be used. The electrical power produced by the plant could be distributed by underwater cables to the shore. The power lines could then be connected to onshore overhead power-transmission lines. The floating nuclear power plants could be mass-produced, unlike conventional nuclear plants which are individually built.
Alternative Power Systems
Published in Stephen W. Fardo, Dale R. Patrick, Electrical Power Systems Technology, 2020
Stephen W. Fardo, Dale R. Patrick
A unique concept in electrical power production, considered in the 1970s, was called a floating nuclear power plant. Floating nuclear plants were proposed to be nuclear-fission plants mounted on huge floating platforms for operation on the water. These systems were planned for use on the Atlantic Ocean. Breakwaters would surround the power plant to protect it from waves and ship collisions. These units could be located on rivers, inlets, or in the ocean. The plants could be manufactured on land and then transported to the area where they would be used. The electrical power produced by the plant could be distributed by underwater cables to the shore. The power lines could then be connected to onshore overhead power-transmission lines. The floating nuclear power plants could be mass-produced, unlike conventional nuclear plants which are individually built.
Water-Cooled Reactors
Published in William J. Nuttall, Nuclear Renaissance, 2022
While China also has a floating nuclear power plant programme [83], it is Russia that has been the first to deploy such a technology with the supply of electrical power to the isolated Arctic community in Pevek, Chukotka in the Russian far east. The electricity supply function was fully commissioned in May 2020 [84], with district heat supply fully established by the following month.
Impact crashworthiness of a floating offshore nuclear power plant hull structure in a terrorist attack with an aircraft strike
Published in Ships and Offshore Structures, 2020
Jeom Kee Paik, Jae Hyeong Park
A floating nuclear power plant is a non-self-propelled vessel that generates electrical power with one or more nuclear reactors installed inside a vessel at sea. It offers many advantages because it can provide electricity and heat to remote, relatively inaccessible sites. The plant can be built at a shipyard and towed to the site of operation, which makes it unnecessary to set up a special site for its construction. Viability studies on land and the land environment are not needed because the environmental impact at sea is low for both operation and dismantling, although it must of course be ensured that radioactive material is never leaked to the sea.