Advances in Nuclear Power for Integrated Energy Systems

Dear Colleagues,

Due to combination of environmental and energy security concerns, the demand for low-carbon and low-polluting energy sources is increasing. Integrated energy systems offer the opportunity to increase the value proposition of advanced nuclear power in several ways: (1) taking advantage of synergies in combined heat and power, (2) opening new markets for nuclear heat, and (3) enhancing temporal and market power dispatchability. Reliable information describing the technological benefits and remaining challenges of integrating nuclear heat and power with diverse markets will assist in accelerating the deployment low-carbon and low-polluting advanced nuclear power. In this Special Issue, we will publish papers that focus on innovations in advanced nuclear energy for integrated energy systems.

The topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Analyses of designs for full plants or specific subsystems that couple advanced reactors to other energy resources, such as photovoltaic energy, wind energy, hydroelectric energy and the production of chemicals, steel, cement, pulp and paper, and fuels, such as hydrogen;
• Modeling, experimental results and cost analysis of designs for advanced reactors for electrical and thermal power dispatch;
• Modeling or assessments of innovations, such as electric energy storage, thermal energy storage, and hydrogen production and storage, that potentially increase the dispatchability of advanced nuclear power;
• Modeling or assessments of technologies that potentially increase the value or market opportunities for advanced nuclear power, such as temperature augmentation of reactor heat for high-temperature industrial applications;
• Economic assessments of integrated energy systems that take advantage of advanced nuclear power to reduce society's dependence on polluting fossil fuels.

Dr. Tyler Westover
Dr. Richard B. Vilim
Dr. Rami M. Saeed
Guest Editors

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• nuclear energy
• nuclear power
• nuclear reactors
• modeling and simulation