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DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2020.111587
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Too small to be viable? The potential market for small modular reactors in mining and remote communities in Canada
作者: Froese S.; Kunz N.C.; Ramana M.V.
刊名: Energy Policy
ISSN: 03014215
出版年: 2020
卷: 144
语种: 英语
中文关键词: Canada ; Market size ; Nuclear energy ; Remote communities ; Remote mines ; Small modular reactors
英文关键词: Commerce ; Cost benefit analysis ; Diesel engines ; Investments ; Manufacture ; Alternative energy supplies ; Electricity demands ; Electricity generation ; Exploration projects ; Manufacturing facility ; Potential markets ; Remote communities ; Small modular reactors ; Small nuclear reactors ; alternative energy ; cost analysis ; demand-side management ; electricity generation ; energy market ; energy use ; mining ; Canada
英文摘要: Small modular reactors have been proposed as an alternative energy supply option for electrified processes in remote mining projects and communities in Canada, which currently have a high reliance on diesel fuel generators. This paper examines the size of this potential market for SMRs by quantifying the electricity demand for remote mining projects, late-stage exploration projects, and remote communities that are not connected to the central electricity grid. The paper also calculates the Levelized Cost Of Energy for SMRs and other energy alternatives including diesel, solar, wind, and a diesel-wind hybrid option. The analysis shows that the potential market for SMRs in Canada is currently too small to justify investment in manufacturing facilities for SMR construction and the cost of generating electricity using SMRs is significantly higher than the corresponding costs of electricity generation using diesel, wind, solar, or some combination thereof. These results suggest that SMRs will be too expensive for these proposed first-mover markets for SMRs in Canada and that there will not be a sufficient market to justify investing in manufacturing facilities for SMRs. © 2020 Elsevier Ltd
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/167165
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作者单位: Liu Institute for Global Issues, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; Norman B Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

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Froese S.,Kunz N.C.,Ramana M.V.. Too small to be viable? The potential market for small modular reactors in mining and remote communities in Canada[J]. Energy Policy,2020-01-01,144
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