Solving the thermal integration challenge for next-generation nuclear
A small modular reactor is not a standard engineering project. The reactor design may be established, but the systems around it (thermal storage, steam generation, power cycle integration) are frequently still being defined when the investment decision needs to be made. That gap between technical promise and investable project is where most SMR development programmes stall.
Aalborg CSP works with SMR developers and project teams to close that gap. We engineer the thermal systems that sit between the reactor and the grid: thermal energy storage that allows the SMR to decouple heat production from power dispatch, steam generation systems designed around the specific thermal output of the reactor, and integration studies that show how the components fit together and where the risks lie.
For investors and lenders, the value is straightforward: a project with a credible, independently engineered thermal system is a fundable project.
For developers, it means entering FEED with the thermal integration questions already answered rather than deferred.
Some of the work where clients have called us on
Engineering the thermal systems for a micro modular reactor project in Canada
When an EPC contractor needed a specialist engineering partner for the molten salt system and steam generation system of a micro modular reactor demonstration project in Ontario, Aalborg CSP delivered the basic and detailed engineering for both systems to nuclear-grade design classifications and Canadian regulatory requirements.
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