A nuclear future? Small modular reactors in a carbon tax-driven transition to clean energy

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Xie, Wanni, Atherton, John, Bai, Jiaru, Farazi, Feroz, Mosbach, Sebastian, Akroyd, Jethro, Kraft, Markus
• مؤلفون آخرون: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• التنسيق: مقال
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: 2024
• الموضوعات: Engineering; Small Modular Reactors; Carbon tax
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/180030

The study investigated the effect of a CO2 tax to encourage the adoption of Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) as an alternative to fossil fuels for power generation in the UK. The trade-offs of different SMR placement policy options with respect to the competing objectives of minimising transmission los...