Machine Learning-Based Approach for Hydrogen Economic Evaluation of Small Modular Reactors

Table 1

Design parameters of SMART and NPM [22, 23].

	SMART	NPM
Reactor thermal output	330 MWth	200 MWth
Power plant output, net	90 MWe	60 MWe
Plant design life	60 years	60 years
Plant availability target	>95%	>95%
Reactor type	iPWR	iPWR
Primary coolant material	Light water	Light water
Refueling cycle	36 months	24 months
Thermodynamic cycle	Rankine	Rankine
Fuel material	UO2	UO2
Enrichment	<4.8%	<4.95%
Number of fuel assemblies	57	37
Nonelectric applications	Desalination, district heat, and hydrogen generation	Desalination, district heat, and hydrogen generation