Title: Nuclear-Renewable Hybrid Energy Systems: FY17 Stakeholder Engagement and International Activities
Abstract: A summary of stakeholder engagement associated with the nuclear-renewable hybrid energy systems (N-R HES) program is provided in this report, highlighting both previous and ongoing interactions for the INL-led program funded via the Crosscutting Technologies Office in the DOE Office of Nuclear Energy. The N-RHES program brings nuclear technology developers and industry users of nuclear energy together to establish a new paradigm for industrial energy production and use. Stakeholder engagement is essential to ensure that the N-R HES project focuses on RD&D activities relevant to future industry customers (reactor developers, utilities, and commercial industry) and to foster private/public cooperation leading to first-of-a-kind nuclear-utility-industry hybrid projects.