The Piketon Next Generation Integrated Energy System

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The Piketon
Next Generation
Integrated Energy System
Steven Shepherd
Executive Director , SODI
NC2I Meeting
September, 2015
Brussels
SODI’s Mission
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 SODI is the Southern Ohio Diversification Initiative.
 Community Reuse Organization (CRO) for the DOE
Reservation at Piketon
 Site Re-use
 Job Creation
 Regional Impact
 Develop Partnerships
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Energy Issues and Opportunity
FACTS:
• Increasing dependence in the US on natural gas and renewables for electric power
production
• Industry: 20% of U.S. Energy Use – heavily reliant on natural gas now and foreseeable future
ISSUES:
• Natural gas prices have been historically volatile and will likely rise to much higher
international prices
• Natural gas is the primary industrial feedstock for petrochemical production – burning natural
gas for power and process heat is poor stewardship of this important resource
• Renewables not suitable for most heavy industrial needs due to variability
• Renewables unlikely to fill gap left by coal plant retirements
OPPORTUNITY:
• An integrated energy system concept at Piketon centered on a high temperature nuclear
energy source provides a leadership position in the future U.S. energy portfolio
• The time scale to implement Piketon project = time scale of predicted national and industrial
need
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The Piketon Project
• Integrate high temperature nuclear heat with industrial technologies
to:
– Produce electricity
– Power industrial processes such as carbon conversion (e.g. coal to
liquids and biomass) and chemical production
– Produce hydrogen for transportation fuels, polymers, plastics,
fertilizer, hydrogen fuel cell market
• Utilize residual heat to drive low temperature processes
– Water purification (e.g. distillation, reverse osmosis)
– Enzymatic processes (e.g. fermentation, anaerobic digestion)
Integrated Energy
System Concept
Nuclear Fuel
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750° C
HTGR Reactor
Process Heat
Generator
Electricity to the BES
Grid
325° C
Low Temperature
Processes
(e.g., Water Purification,
Enzymatic Processes)
Natural Gas
Hydrogen Production
via steam methane reforming
CO2
Industrial Applications
(e.g., Oil & Gas Recovery, Food &
Beverage, Wastewater Treatment)
H2
Hydrogenation
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Mechanical and Chemical
Processes
Carbon feedstock
Hydrocarbon Products
(e.g., Fuels, Polymers, Plastics)
Byproducts
• Carbon Fibers
• Bulk Chemicals
• Specialty Chemicals
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Ohio’s Energy Future – Projected Economics
• Economic viability of the Piketon IES concept requires competitive
energy and production costs – 20 to 80 years in the future
• Business risk assessment requires weighing estimated energy and
product production costs against projected market prices
• Prediction of US and global energy and product market prices is
uncertain
– Short term variability is highly volatile
– Long term trends from multiple sources are most instructive
• A viable energy future requires demonstration of innovative
technologies and flexibility in their application to adjust to changes
in the future market
Why Piketon?
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Highly characterized site
Remotely located from large population centers
Long history of nuclear operations
Strong support for nuclear project/operations from the community
Industrial infrastructure
– Electric grid/right-of-way
– Pipelines/right-of-way
– Rail/River/Highway
• Emergency preparedness and response capability
• Security operations and physical protection system
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Why Piketon? (continued)
• One day drive to 70% of manufacturing markets in North America
• Natural resources
– Coal, gas, Oil (Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, Pennsylvania)
– Biomass (grasses, hardwoods)
– Water availability (River/Wells)
• Seismic stability
• Access to universities and technical institutions-played significant role
in analysis including Battelle and OSU
• Existing regulatory/environmental permits
• Centralized location for assets, infrastructure, population, industries,
natural resources
• Nuclear site
• Both NRC/DOE regulatory experience
Piketon Infrastructure
Centrally Located
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Assets
• Electrical Grid and Pipeline
Distribution System
• Key industries creating “cluster”
opportunities
• One day drive to 70% of
manufacturing markets in North
America
• Available in a 2-hour drive:
- 4 major airports
- 1200 miles of rail
- 600 miles of four-lane highway
- 94 docks with Ohio River access
Infrastructure
3700 acre former DOE uranium enrichment site
Water
Designed for 40 million gallons a day
Waste Water Treatment
Design Capacity 1.2 million gallons per day
Available Land
Capability to support a full scale IES with future
expansion capability
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Why Nuclear?
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• Provides a solid energy source for re-industrialization
and industrial growth of the Piketon region
• Addresses greenhouse gas emissions targets
• Provides heat source 24/7
• Provides enhanced fuel (energy) price stability
• Next Generation Nuclear – Unique Opportunity for
Ohio and U.S. Leadership
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Ohio: Important Location for the Project
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Ohio: Important Location for the Project
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Regional and National Benefits
• Addresses important national goals
• Increases efficiencies and profitability through shared
resources and processes
• Develops, demonstrates and commercially deploys an IES
• Produces high valued products
• Advanced nuclear: unique opportunity for U.S. leadership
• Makes Ohio and U.S. the world’s leaders in both advanced
nuclear and integrated energy systems
• Reduces the carbon footprint
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Progress and Next Steps
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SODI and Alliance MOU in place (4/15)
Visit to Piketon by EU delegation and DOE
SODI / NIA / INL Washington meetings (6/15)
Meetings with OH Governor’s office, OH legislature, etc.
NC2I meetings in Brussels
Anticipated Visit by Korean and Japanese delegation (fall, 2015)
Ongoing meetings with potential industrial end users and operators
Pending DOE FOA on advanced reactors
More active communications effort going forward
Ongoing close communications with DOE and selected
Congressional offices
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Summary
• The Piketon project is a unique opportunity to address
looming U.S. and world energy and environment needs AND
put Ohio in a world leadership position
• Ambitious, complex, and requires active and sustained effort
by many players including industry, State and federal
government and possibly other countries
• We’re excited about a potential partnership with the EU