design which features more robus t safety system s and redundancy including a core catcher for the Eu ro pean m arket. In all thes e discussions point out the trend to h i g h er power le vel rea ctor s which hope to capitalize on econom i e s of scale.

23-24

Slide 23 sho w s the prese n t m argins on electric ity sales that nuclear u t ilities can e arn with thei r nu clear p l ants but challeng es to future expansion exist which s hould be explained - the m ost signif i can t o f which is th e capit al cost of the new plants.

25

Review for the students the basic elem ents of the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership as a concept for the future. It m a y not be Realized as aggress i vely envisioned by DOE.

26-33

These slides provide a high level re view of current MIT research projects in the area of improved safety, design and econom i c s of future reacto rs. Each can be descri bed briefly. The m e ssage here is that even th ough LW Rs are m ature, there are m a ny opportun ities for im prove m e nt which uni vers ities can research .

34

Risk inf o rmed licen sing is a new tr en d in regulation which will be useful in licensing non-traditiona l w a ter reactors Explain the notion of technology neutral safety st andards using risk as a m e tric.

35-40

Review the objective of the "Next G e neration Nuclear Reactor" as a new technology for process heat applications including hydrogen production - em phasis this plant is legislatively m a ndated by the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to be built at the Idaho National Laboratory.

41-50

Provides background infor m ation on the developm ent of pebble reacto r s in S outh Africa, China a nd at MIT. Pebble bed reacto rs are one of two technologies bei ng considered for the NGNP. The other is a more tradition a l prism a tic reacto r originally develo ped by General Atom ics in the 1970s.

51-65

Review of the novel MIT m odul ar design of the pebble bed reactor using lego style factory m a de modul es for site assem b ly. The big question f o r these sm alle r reac tors is can they co mpete with larger plants and w h at is their m a rket on a world wide scale. The cost of power chart shown was prepared by Exelon when they were involved in the develop m ent of the pebble bed reactor in So uth Af rica. The costs a r e f o r the US m arket which sh ows com p etitive results.

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This slid e ex plains why h elium gas reactors h ave certain safety and