IRIS Reactor a Suitable Option to Provide Energy and Water Desalination for the Mexican Northwest Region
The Northwest region of Mexico has a deficit of potable water, along this necessity is the region growth, which requires of additional energy capacity. The IRIS reactor offers a very suitable source of energy given its modular size of 300 MWe and it can be coupled with a desalination plant to provide the potable water for human consumption, agriculture and industry. The present paper assess the water and energy requirements for the Northwest region of Mexico and how the deployment of the IRIS reactor can satisfy those necessities. The possible sites for deployment of Nuclear Reactors are considered given the seismic constraints and the closeness of the sea for external cooling. And in the other hand, the size of the desalination plant and the type of desalination process are assessed accordingly with the water deficit of the region.
- Research Organization:
- Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Nucleares Km. 36.5 carretera Mexico-Toluca, Ocoyoacac 52045, Estado de Mexico (MX)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- none (US)
- OSTI ID:
- 839327
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Americas Nuclear Energy Symposium (ANES 2004), Miami, FL (US), 10/03/2004--10/06/2004; Other Information: PBD: 3 Oct 2004
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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