Nuscale Power partners with Oak Ridge National Laboratory in assessment

NuScale Power announced its partnership with Oak Ridge National Laboratory to perform a techno-economic assessment, studying a NuScale small modular reactor’s ability to implement a cost-effective steam heat augmentation design. The study will be based on process data from a U.S. chemical facility to help the plant meet its electric power and process steam requirements with NuScale’s carbon-free, nuclear technology. This work will be a highly collaborative effort with engineers from ORNL and NuScale forming a composite engineering team. The proposed deliverables of the techno-economic assessment are anticipated to be completed within one year.