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What about heating?

by drysine 7mo ago

What about heating?

leonidasrup 7mo ago
In China there is already small-scale nuclear district heating. "China's Haiyang nuclear power plant in Shandong province has begun its sixth heating season, covering an area of nearly 13 million square metres - 500,000 square metres more than last year." https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/chinas-first-commercial-nuclear-district-heating-scheme-expands https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/chinas-first-com... Similar plans exist for Finnland. https://thinkatom.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/rauli-partanen-think-atom-nuclear-district-heating-in-finland.pdf https://thinkatom.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/rauli-parta... In Switzerland both Beznau and Gösgen nuclear power plant produce district heating in addition to power. Beznau makes available 80 MW of heat to industry and homes over a 130 km network serving 11 towns https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-o-s/switzerland https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profil... In Slovakia since 1987, Slovak power utility Slovenské Elektrárne (SE) has been producing heat for Trnava, Leopoldov, Hlohovec and the municipality of Jaslovské Bohunice from the Jaslovské Bohunice NPP. This plant produced 429 GWh of heat in 2023. The high ten-kilometre hot water pipe between the Jaslovské Bohunice power plant and the Trnava heating plant began construction in 1983 and was put into operation at the end of 1987. Heat project for Mochovce NPP is also planed. https://www.neimagazine.com/news/mochovce-npp-heat-project-unveiled/ https://www.neimagazine.com/news/mochovce-npp-heat-project-u... There are many plans and ideas for advanced uses of nuclear heat for industrial applications. https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/non-power-nuclear-applications/industry/nuclear-process-heat-for-industry https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/non-power-nucl...
- drysine 7mo ago
  These are local solutions, you can't put nuclear reactor in any city, town and village that needs heating
  - leonidasrup 7mo ago
    Placement of nuclear reactor very much depends on the design of the reactor and nuclear regulations of the country. There is currently construction of LDR‑50 reactor in Salmisaari, Helsinki city centre. https://www.steadyenergy.com/news-article/construction-of-steady-energys-small-nuclear-heating-pilot-plant-begins-in-helsinki https://www.steadyenergy.com/news-article/construction-of-st...
    - drysine 7mo ago
      "The pilot is a 1:1 full-scale replica of the LDR‑50 small nuclear heating reactor. Instead of a reactor core, the pilot uses an electric resistor that simulates the decay heat produced by an actual reactor. "
_aavaa_ 7mo ago
Heat pumps
- drysine 7mo ago
  Are they widely used? Just don't know

What about heating?

by drysine 7mo ago

What about heating?

In China there is already small-scale nuclear district heating. "China's Haiyang nuclear power plant in Shandong province has begun its sixth heating season, covering an area of nearly 13 million square metres - 500,000 square metres more than last year." https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/chinas-first-commercial-nuclear-district-heating-scheme-expands https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/chinas-first-com... Similar plans exist for Finnland. https://thinkatom.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/rauli-partanen-think-atom-nuclear-district-heating-in-finland.pdf https://thinkatom.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/rauli-parta... In Switzerland both Beznau and Gösgen nuclear power plant produce district heating in addition to power. Beznau makes available 80 MW of heat to industry and homes over a 130 km network serving 11 towns https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-o-s/switzerland https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profil... In Slovakia since 1987, Slovak power utility Slovenské Elektrárne (SE) has been producing heat for Trnava, Leopoldov, Hlohovec and the municipality of Jaslovské Bohunice from the Jaslovské Bohunice NPP. This plant produced 429 GWh of heat in 2023. The high ten-kilometre hot water pipe between the Jaslovské Bohunice power plant and the Trnava heating plant began construction in 1983 and was put into operation at the end of 1987. Heat project for Mochovce NPP is also planed. https://www.neimagazine.com/news/mochovce-npp-heat-project-unveiled/ https://www.neimagazine.com/news/mochovce-npp-heat-project-u... There are many plans and ideas for advanced uses of nuclear heat for industrial applications. https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/non-power-nuclear-applications/industry/nuclear-process-heat-for-industry https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/non-power-nucl...

drysine 7mo ago
These are local solutions, you can't put nuclear reactor in any city, town and village that needs heating
- leonidasrup 7mo ago
  Placement of nuclear reactor very much depends on the design of the reactor and nuclear regulations of the country. There is currently construction of LDR‑50 reactor in Salmisaari, Helsinki city centre. https://www.steadyenergy.com/news-article/construction-of-steady-energys-small-nuclear-heating-pilot-plant-begins-in-helsinki https://www.steadyenergy.com/news-article/construction-of-st...
  - drysine 7mo ago
    "The pilot is a 1:1 full-scale replica of the LDR‑50 small nuclear heating reactor. Instead of a reactor core, the pilot uses an electric resistor that simulates the decay heat produced by an actual reactor. "

_aavaa_ 7mo ago

Heat pumps

drysine 7mo ago
Are they widely used? Just don't know