HTGR Plant Layout
The small footprint of the HTGR plant makes it ideal for many applications.
- Very small site: Entire site could be as big as 100m x 200m
- Secure: underground reactor layout is possible
- Scalable: allows for build‐out based on power demand
- Small: can be built on 10 acres of land and allows for grid independence
- Safe: smaller EPZ allows for building close to existing infrastructure
- No Water: Does not need large light water body for cooling.
- Close to industry: Can be in proximity of other buildings as close as 400m.
- No smokestacks: No industrial smokestacks.
This reactor is ideal for high-temperature industrial processes such as metal and non-metal melting and smelting and coking, and is modular for flexibility in power needs and applications like load-following renewables, since it can ramp up and down quickly. It is also very effective in the process of water desalination.
The complete HTGR power plant has a small physical footprint, only 200 meters by 100 meters with a small emergency planning zone essentially within its own gates, and a reduced water requirement which means it can be installed in a much wider range of potential locations compared to other clean energy systems.
A SMR Nuclear Plant with a capacity of 1GW can make a considerable difference in how we think about clean energy.
