Mignacca, B, Alawneh, AH and Locatelli, G orcid.org/0000-0001-9986-2249 (2019) Transportation of small modular reactor modules: What do the experts say? In: Proceedings of ICONE27. 27th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering (ICONE27), 19-24 May 2019, Tsukuba, Japan. Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
Abstract
One of the key characteristics of small modular reactors (SMRs), as their name emphasised, is the modularization. Modularization implies factory production, which in turn implies transportation of large, heavy, complex and fragile modules from the factory to the site. Various vendors and organisations are developing several SMR concepts and designs, but there are extremely limited information about the crucial element of modules transportation. Conversely, in other industries (e.g. Oil & Gas), the experience on modules transportation is much greater. This paper provides a structured analysis for the knowledge transfer from the general literature (i.e. other major infrastructure) to the SMR world. Firstly, the paper provides a summary of the literature about transporting large modules. In the second part, the paper presents and discusses the results of a series of interviews with transport industry experts about large modules transportation. The third part provides a summary of the findings and the key takeaways.
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Item Type: | Proceedings Paper |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2019, Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers. This is an author produced version of a conference paper published in Proceedings of ICONE27. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Small Modular Reactor, Modularization, Transportation, Construction, Factory Fabrication |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Civil Engineering (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 01 Feb 2019 12:05 |
Last Modified: | 30 Jul 2019 19:31 |
Published Version: | https://www.icone27.org/ |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:141867 |