1. NuScale Power Technology: Expanding the Reach of Nuclear Energy
Michigan Energy Symposium
Combating Climate Change
September 27, 2016

2. Energy and climate change
Imperatives
7000
2005 U.S. CO2
Emissions (Tg)
For the country:
Maximize use of all clean energy sources
Electrify the transportation sector
Develop clean processes for liquid fuels and petrochemicals
6000
5000
Electricity
4000
3000
Transportation
For nuclear energy:
Reach more utilities
Reach more process heat consumers
Electricity contributes ~40% of US emissions
Last time the US emitted 2050 goal (1000 Tg) was 1906
2000
2050
Goal
Industrial
1000
Residential
Commercial
Misc

3. Reaching new customers
Target customers…
Smaller utilities with low capitalization/demand
Larger utilities with small load growth
Sites/facilities with special power requirements
Non-electrical energy users (process heat)
Will have new requirements…
Enhanced safety margins
High reliability and resilience to upsets
Affordability and competitive power price
Flexible deployment and operations
That will require new designs…
Simplified systems
Multi-module plants
Factory fabrication

4. The NuScale solution Enhanced safety Enhanced affordability
integral design and natural circulation to eliminate major accident scenarios
passive safety systems and extended cooling
Enhanced affordability
small initial capital cost
staggered build-out options to reduce investment risk
competitive power cost through design simplifications and factory fabrication
Enhanced flexibility
small module size (50 MWe) to better track power demand growth
adaptability to nonelectrical applications

5. Corporate status
Fluor is major investor with over $300M already committed
DOE became second largest investor in May 2014
$217M matching funds over 5 years
~600 FTE’s currently on project
285 patents granted or pending in 20 countries
Now operate 7 offices (Portland, Corvallis, Rockville, Charlotte, Idaho Falls, Richland, London)
Submit DCA by end of 2016
NuScale Engineering Offices Corvallis
NuScale Integral Simulator Test
Upper Module Mockup
NuScale Control Room Simulator

6. Reactor building overhead view
reactor building crane
containment vessel flange tool
reactor vessel
flange tool
refueling machine
spent fuel pool
module import trolley
reactor pool
NuScale Power Module

7. Reactor building cutaway view
refueling machine
reactor building crane
biological shield
spent fuel pool
weir
reactor vessel
flange tool
containment vessel flange tool
reactor pool
NuScale Power Module

8. Power module overview Integrated reactor vessel
steam generator, pressurizer, fuel inside a single vessel
Natural circulation flow
no reactor coolant pumps
no external power requirements
High-pressure steel containment
Allows simplified emergency core cooling system
Provides decay heat removal path
Traditional LWR fuel, materials, and water chemistry

9. Elegantly simple safety
Transient operation: boiling and condensing in the decay heat removal system (DHRS)
reactor building pool
containment
Accident operation: boiling and condensing in the emergency core cooling system (ECCS)
reactor pressure vessel
Normal operation: natural circulation in the reactor coolant system (RCS)
DHR heat exchanger
steam generator
core

10. Emergency Planning Zone (EPZ) Optimization

11. Nuclear power: not just for electricity

12. NuScale co-generation studies
Oil Refinery Study
Reducing Carbon Emissions
(with Fluor)
Hydrogen Production Study
High-Temp Steam Electrolysis
(with INL)
10-Module Plant coupled to a 250,000 barrels/d refinery, thus avoiding 190 MT/hr CO2 emissions
6-Module Plant producing 200 tons/d hydrogen for mid-sized ammonia plant entirely carbon free
Integration with Wind Study Horse Butte Site
(with UAMPS and ENW)
Desalination Study Supporting a 300,000 City
(with Aquatech)
1-Module balancing output of UAMPS 58 MWe wind farm
8-Module Plant producing 50 Mgal/d of clean water plus 340 MWe clean power
Enabled by robust design and modularity of plant
Demonstrated that supporting these applications is technical feasible and economically attractive in some regions
Political and social acceptance has to be assessed on case-by-case basis

13. MISSION CRITICAL FACILITY
Secure, reliable power
Highly reliable power is required for mission-critical facilities.
Hospitals, data centers, government facilities, banking or retail systems
Security systems, telecommunications, air traffic control
Safety systems for conventional Nuclear Plants
Process failure can cause significant financial or reputational damage to the organization or may impact national security or safety
UTILITY MACROGRID
570 MWe
> 95% Capacity
NuScale 12-Module Plant
MISSION CRITICAL FACILITY
DEDICATED MICROGRID
100 MWe
> 99.99% Reliability
for 60 years

14. Small Modular Reactors
End game: hybrid energy systems
Wind Turbines
Electrical Storage
Photovoltaic Solar
Electricity
Power Conversion
Small Modular Reactors
Desalination Plant
Clean Water
Holy Grail of energy systems: Each generator and each product process running in its “sweet spot” of performance.
Provides optimal usage of natural resources and produces highest value products.
Is a long-range vision: Start with one-on-one integration studies of NuScale plant with different generators and processes.
Concentrated Solar
Thermal Storage
Petrochemical Plant
Liquid Fuels

15. NuScale diverse energy platform
The NuScale module and plant design provides enhanced flexibilities for:
Electricity generation in smaller markets
Integration with process heat users and renewable energy
Secure and reliable power for critical missions
Coupling to hybrid energy systems
Coming to a neighborhood near you!

16. For more information on our NuScale Diversified Energy Platform, follow the links:
Our Technology/Design Advances
Technical Publications

17. Acknowledgement/Disclaimer
“This material is based upon work supported by the Department of Energy under Award Number DE-NE ”
“This report was prepared as an account of work sponsored by an agency of the United States (U.S.) Government. Neither the U.S. Government nor any agency thereof, nor any of their employees, makes any warranty, express or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights. Reference herein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the U.S. Government or any agency thereof. The views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the U.S. Government or any agency thereof.”