Nuclear Application Development

Small modular reactors (SMRs) can be particularly well-suited for large industrial applications, producing high-temperature heat to meet both steam and power demands for refineries, chemical plants, and other large industrial users. Compared with conventionally produced steam and electricity, which burn large amounts of fossil fuels, generate greenhouse gas emissions, and create a reliance on fuels with historically wide pricing variability, nuclear process heat promises carbon-free energy at a stable price.

An advanced SMR technology supplier located outside of the United States engaged Lummus Consultants to support application development of its technology to key chemical and energy companies. We leveraged our knowledge of power and process design and construction, project economics, and nuclear regulatory regimes to conduct application studies for SMR development and prefeasibility studies to use nuclear process heat at various operating facilities in the United States and Canada. Lummus Consultants also conducted a worldwide process heat market study that identified opportunities by country and application, factoring in process requirements, relative economics, and nuclear regulatory and supply chain infrastructure.

Lummus Consultants was able to forge partnerships with several North American process companies with large industrial heat needs that enabled the client to advance the development of its process heat business. Lummus Consultants leveraged its relationships, reputation and expertise in the process industry to facilitate collaboration among the previously discrete industries.