Next Big Future August 24, 2018
The ACPR100 and ACPR50S, are both with passive cooling for decay heat and 60-year design life. Both have standard type fuel assemblies and fuel enriched to less than 5% with burnable poison giving 30-month refueling. The ACPR100 is an integral PWR, 450 MWt, 140 MWe, having 69 fuel assemblies. It is designed as a module in larger plant and would be installed underground. The applications for these are similar to those for the ACP100. The offshore ACPR50S is 200 MWt, 60 MWe with 37 fuel assemblies and four external steam generators. It is designed for mounting on a barge as floating nuclear power plant (FNPP). Construction started in November 2016 for trial operation in 2019, supplying power and desalination… read more.
