Base-Load Nuclear Reactors for Fully Dispatchable Electricity: Nuclear Air-Brayton Combined Cycles, Firebrick Heat Storage, Hydrogen Storage, and Hydrocarbon Biofuels

Base-Load Nuclear Reactors for Fully Dispatchable Electricity: Nuclear Air-Brayton Combined Cycles, Firebrick Heat Storage, Hydrogen Storage, and Hydrocarbon Biofuels

Three partly coupled integrated nuclear energy systems are described. These enable base-load nuclear reactors to provide fully dispatchable electricity without greenhouse-gas emissions, thus replacing gas turbines burning natural gas and batteries storing electricity. These hybrid systems link the i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Forsberg, Charles
Other Authors:	Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering
Format:	Article
Published:	Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2025
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/158300

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