Abstract The interest toward Small Modular nuclear Reactors (SMRs) is growing, and the
economic competitiveness of SMRs versus large reactors is a key topic. Leveraging a …

Integration of renewable energy sources in the form of microgrids can increase the
resilience of power systems and decrease their carbon footprints. However, renewable …

Megaprojects are historically associated with poor delivery, both in terms of schedule and
cost performance. Empirical research is required to determine which characteristics of …

The coordination control problem for the core thermal power of the nuclear reactor (NR) and
the water level of the nuclear steam generator (SG) is a crucial challenge for real-time model …

Fusion energy is often regarded as a long-term solution to the world's energy needs.
However, even after solving the critical research challenges, engineering and materials …

Nuclear power has been declining in importance over the last quarter century, with its share
of global electrical energy generation decreasing from 17.5 percent in 1996 to around 10 …

Load following is the possibility for a power plant to adjust its power output according to the
demand and electricity price fluctuation throughout the day. In nuclear power plants, the …

Abstract Nuclear Power Plants (NPPs) have been historically deployed to cover the base-
load of the electricity demand. Nowadays some NPPs might perform daily load cycling …

Fossil fuel-based economies must undergo a deep transition for complete decarbonization.
To this end, it is widely recognized that all economies must move towards the electrification …

Conventional control systems used in nuclear reactors rely on real-time information
transmission between the controllers and the actuators, which is unnecessary and imposes …