[UPDATED] A competing bid for the Department of Energy (DOE) Innovative Small Modular Reactor Funding Opportunity Announcement m0800 goes beyond traditional light water reactor technology to bring true innovation to the table.

National Project Management Corp, in partnership with Pebble Bed Modular Reactor, South Africa, New York State, the City of Oswego, N.Y., Port Authority of Oswego, Empire State Development, and NYSERDA submitted a proposal on July 1 with support from National Grid for a Gas Turbine Modular Helium Reactor (GT-MHR).

The U.S. currently lacks the technology to permanently destroy light water reactor spent fuel. Additionally, the U.S. does not have technology to support the emerging hydrogen energy markets or the growing demand for electricity. The objective of the project proposed by National Project Management Corporation is to design a Gas Turbine-Modular Helium Reactor (GT-MHR) that will serve as a common nuclear engine that is adaptable to three specific applications:

Deep Burn (Spent Fuel Incineration / Transmutation)

Hydrogen Fuel Production

Electricity Production (165 MWe) Production (165 MWe)

The GT-MHR is a proven and inherently safe nuclear reactor concept with an easily understood safety basis that permits substantially reduced emergency planning requirements and improved site selection flexibility compared to light water nuclear technologies. In addition, the GT-MHR offers simplified RG 1.206 certification.

The GT-MHR Deep Burn technology would not only destroy most of the long-lived waste, it would make the existing stockpiles a very valuable source of energy, since it could be used to deliver many times the energy of the original fuel.

The GT-MHR also offers the potential for the cogeneration of electricity and hydrogen, alongside process heat applications. As the basic technology for GT-MHR systems has already been established in high temperature gas reactor plants, the design is an evolutionary development.

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SOURCE National Project Management Corp