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Prospects of SMSNR development in Switzerland and the influence of the evolution of district heating networks

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  • Foskolos, K.
  • Brogli, R.

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Small dedicated heating reactors have been developed in Switzerland in the last five years. Two technological lines (HTGR and LWR) are sill under consideration. Although air pollution and particularly CO2 emission are recognized as critical midterm environmental problems, no breakthrough has been achieved for nuclear district heating; centralized heat supply shares only an insignificant part of the heat market. The main criteria for selection of energy supply systems are still of financial nature, and the high investment connected to heat distribution networks makes district heating less attractive to customers and investors. SMSNR will have a chance to enter the heat market, if heating networks are already widely established. To achieve this, a shift of public opinion towards more general criteria has to take place, encouraged by governmental intervention. Size and nature of heating networks will be a decisive factor for the definition of the optimum plant size of a SMSNR.

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  • Foskolos, K. & Brogli, R., 1991. "Prospects of SMSNR development in Switzerland and the influence of the evolution of district heating networks," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 16(1), pages 573-581.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:16:y:1991:i:1:p:573-581
    DOI: 10.1016/0360-5442(91)90136-A
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    1. Leurent, Martin & Da Costa, Pascal & Rämä, Miika & Persson, Urban & Jasserand, Frédéric, 2018. "Cost-benefit analysis of district heating systems using heat from nuclear plants in seven European countries," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 149(C), pages 454-472.

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