This preliminary study considers the feasibility of cooling a small nuclear reactor (tens of megawatts thermal) with a well doublet
that taps groundwater and injects heated fluid beneath the surface. The associated signatures differ substantially from those
of conventional cooling systems. Instead of a plume of steam or outflows of heated water, only wellheads may be observed
at a site without access to surface water. Other potential signatures include surface thermal anomalies, geomorphological alterations,
induced seismicity, and altered groundwater chemistry. As these signatures may be faint and lag reactor operations, an
understanding of the system’s operating principles and telltales of hydrogeological conditions conducive to groundwater flow become more critical for detection of such reactor by remote sensing.
KIM Lance Kyungwoo;
JUNGWIRTH Rainer;
RENDA Guido;
WOLFART Erik;
COJAZZI Giacomo;
2016-07-27
TAYLOR & FRANCIS
JRC97267
0892-9882,
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC97267,
10.1080/08929882.2016.1184529,
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