Abstract
Nuclear energy is often viewed as linked exclusively to electrical power generation. However, the applications for nuclear energy are significantly greater than only electricity, and include cogeneration, district heating and cooling, high-temperature process heating, hydrogen and alternative fuel production, transportation and desalination. These additional applications expand the prospects for nuclear energy notably, and enhance the benefits that can be derived from it, such as reduced environmental impact and climate change mitigation. Interest in non-electric applications of nuclear energy is growing for environmental, economic, security and other reasons. In this paper, non-electric applications of nuclear energy are reviewed, including technological, environmental and economic issues of such applications as well as future prospects and benefits of non-electric applications of nuclear energy.
Highlights
Nuclear energy is often viewed as and taken to be linked exclusively to power generation
These additional applications expand the prospects for nuclear energy notably, and enhance the benefits that can be derived from it, such as reduced environmental impact and climate change mitigation
Interest in non-electric applications of nuclear energy is growing for a variety of reasons, some environmental, others economic, and still others related to energy security
Summary
Nuclear energy is often viewed as and taken to be linked exclusively to power generation. This is due to the fact that today nuclear energy is basically a technology for electricity generation. Interest in non-electric applications of nuclear energy is growing for a variety of reasons, some environmental, others economic, and still others related to energy security. As evidence of this interest, it is pointed out that a workshop coorganized by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), was held in Paris in 2013 on assessing the technical and economic factors of non-electric applications of nuclear energy (NUCOGEN, 2013). With participants representing industry, engineering firms, international organizations, research institutions and universities, from nine countries including Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Korea, the Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland, the U.S, the workshop demonstrated the breadth of non-electrical applications of nuclear energy
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