“A large percentage of the cost of a nuclear power plant is the construction of the plant itself, the installation, because for land-based reactors the majority of construction takes place at the site,” says Buongiorno. “The machine and the surrounding civil works and buildings required are all built at the site, requiring a lot of labour and time. It’s a high capital-intensive project. You can actually build a whole offshore floating plant in a shipyard; a shipyard is more streamlined and efficient than construction sites because there is more automation, a better trained workforce, a more controlled environment and no exposure to the elements.”
Floating nuclear power plants (FNPP) offer a great degree of flexibility, as they are easily transportable and “can also be transferred to new sites during their operating lives, in response to electricity demand”, says Cobb. “For example, an FNPP could supply power to an offshore oil or gas facility that operated for ten to 20 years and then be relocated when that facility closed down.
“Another important benefit is safety. One can use the ocean as the ‘heat sink’ for cooling the reactor under all circumstances via heat exchangers that allow removal of the reactor energy using seawater. You’re not going to run out of seawater.”
https://www.power-technology.com/uncategorised/floating-nuclear-power-will-china-pave-way/
Floating nuclear power plants (FNPP) offer a great degree of flexibility, as they are easily transportable and “can also be transferred to new sites during their operating lives, in response to electricity demand”, says Cobb. “For example, an FNPP could supply power to an offshore oil or gas facility that operated for ten to 20 years and then be relocated when that facility closed down.
“Another important benefit is safety. One can use the ocean as the ‘heat sink’ for cooling the reactor under all circumstances via heat exchangers that allow removal of the reactor energy using seawater. You’re not going to run out of seawater.”
https://www.power-technology.com/uncategorised/floating-nuclear-power-will-china-pave-way/