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DOI	10.1016/j.enpol.2020.111587
	Too small to be viable? The potential market for small modular reactors in mining and remote communities in Canada
	Froese S.; Kunz N.C.; Ramana M.V.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	03014215
卷号	144
英文摘要	Small modular reactors have been proposed as an alternative energy supply option for electrified processes in remote mining projects and communities in Canada, which currently have a high reliance on diesel fuel generators. This paper examines the size of this potential market for SMRs by quantifying the electricity demand for remote mining projects, late-stage exploration projects, and remote communities that are not connected to the central electricity grid. The paper also calculates the Levelized Cost Of Energy for SMRs and other energy alternatives including diesel, solar, wind, and a diesel-wind hybrid option. The analysis shows that the potential market for SMRs in Canada is currently too small to justify investment in manufacturing facilities for SMR construction and the cost of generating electricity using SMRs is significantly higher than the corresponding costs of electricity generation using diesel, wind, solar, or some combination thereof. These results suggest that SMRs will be too expensive for these proposed first-mover markets for SMRs in Canada and that there will not be a sufficient market to justify investing in manufacturing facilities for SMRs. © 2020 Elsevier Ltd
关键词	Canada Market size Nuclear energy Remote communities Remote mines Small modular reactors
英文关键词	Commerce; Cost benefit analysis; Diesel engines; Investments; Manufacture; Alternative energy supplies; Electricity demands; Electricity generation; Exploration projects; Manufacturing facility; Potential markets; Remote communities; Small modular reactors; Small nuclear reactors; alternative energy; cost analysis; demand-side management; electricity generation; energy market; energy use; mining; Canada
语种	英语
来源期刊	Energy Policy
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/204659
作者单位	Liu Institute for Global Issues, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; Norman B Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Froese S.,Kunz N.C.,Ramana M.V.. Too small to be viable? The potential market for small modular reactors in mining and remote communities in Canada[J],2020,144.
APA	Froese S.,Kunz N.C.,&Ramana M.V..(2020).Too small to be viable? The potential market for small modular reactors in mining and remote communities in Canada.Energy Policy,144.
MLA	Froese S.,et al."Too small to be viable? The potential market for small modular reactors in mining and remote communities in Canada".Energy Policy 144(2020).