Can Nuclear Batteries Be Economically Competitive in Large Markets?

We introduce the concept of the nuclear battery, a standardized, factory-fabricated, road transportable, plug-and-play micro-reactor. Nuclear batteries have the potential to provide on-demand, carbon-free, economic, resilient, and safe energy for distributed heat and electricity applications in ever...

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Main Authors: Jacopo Buongiorno, Ben Carmichael, Bradley Dunkin, John Parsons, Dirk Smit
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-07-01
Series:Energies
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/14/4385