Small Modular Reactors as Renewable Energy Sources

Dr. Bahman Zohuri is founder of Galaxy Advanced Engineering, Inc. a consulting company that he formed upon leaving the semiconductor and defense industries after many years as a Senior Process Engineer for corporations including Westinghouse and Intel, and then as Senior Chief Scientist at Lockheed Missile and Aerospace Corporation. During his time with Westinghouse Electric Corporation, he performed thermal hydraulic analysis and natural circulation for Inherent Shutdown Heat Removal System (ISHRS) in the core of a Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor (LMFBR). While at Lockheed, he was responsible for the study of vulnerability, survivability and component radiation and laser hardening for Defense Support Program (DSP), Boost Surveillance and Tracking Satellites (BSTS) and Space Surveillance and Tracking Satellites (SSTS). He also performed analysis of characteristics of laser beam and nuclear radiation interaction with materials, Transient Radiation Effects in Electronics (TREE), Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP), System Generated Electromagnetic Pulse (SGEMP), Single-Event Upset (SEU), Blast and, Thermo-mechanical, hardness assurance, maintenance, and device technology. His consultancy clients have included Sandia National Laboratories, and he holds patents in areas such as the design of diffusion furnaces, and Laser Activated Radioactive Decay. He is the author of several books on nuclear engineering heat transfer.

• Chapter1: Introduction to the Nuclear Power Industry.- Chapter2: Nuclear Power Structure from Past to Present.- Chapter3: Nuclear Energy Research and Development Roadmap.- Chapter4: A Combined Cycle Power Conversion System for Small Modular Reactor.- Chapter5: Small Modular Reactors, The Next Big Renewable Energy Source.- Chapter6: Safty and Nonproliferation Aspect of GEN-IV Reactors.- Chapter7: Electricity Production and Renewable Source of Energy, Economics.- Chapter8: Energy Storage Technologies & Their Role in Renewable Integration.