Uganda principally depends on hydropower for electricity generation. However, expansion of hydropower resources islimited, and with growing population and demand for electricity, the government of Uganda is considerin...Uganda principally depends on hydropower for electricity generation. However, expansion of hydropower resources islimited, and with growing population and demand for electricity, the government of Uganda is considering integration of nuclearpower into its energy mix. With the current and projected grid capacity, SMR （small modular reactor） technology is attractive sincecapacity can be added incrementally. This paper therefore presents results for SMR site selection in Uganda. Starting with twentyregional areas established by the Ugandan government, a site selection process is outlined which uses four levels of screening andranking. First, exclusion criteria including seismicity, volcanic activity, water resources, and transportation distances were applied.This reduced the potential regional areas down to eight. Next, MAUT （multi-attribute utility theory） weighting was assigned to theseeight areas for： （1） distance to large population centers, （2） ease of transportation, and （3） distance to seismically or volcanically activeareas. From this ranking, four regional areas stood out and were then selected. These regions were then compared using variousattributes including access to water and integration with the developing national grid. In the final step, the lead candidate region wassubdivided into subzones to further refine the selection process.展开更多
文摘Uganda principally depends on hydropower for electricity generation. However, expansion of hydropower resources islimited, and with growing population and demand for electricity, the government of Uganda is considering integration of nuclearpower into its energy mix. With the current and projected grid capacity, SMR （small modular reactor） technology is attractive sincecapacity can be added incrementally. This paper therefore presents results for SMR site selection in Uganda. Starting with twentyregional areas established by the Ugandan government, a site selection process is outlined which uses four levels of screening andranking. First, exclusion criteria including seismicity, volcanic activity, water resources, and transportation distances were applied.This reduced the potential regional areas down to eight. Next, MAUT （multi-attribute utility theory） weighting was assigned to theseeight areas for： （1） distance to large population centers, （2） ease of transportation, and （3） distance to seismically or volcanically activeareas. From this ranking, four regional areas stood out and were then selected. These regions were then compared using variousattributes including access to water and integration with the developing national grid. In the final step, the lead candidate region wassubdivided into subzones to further refine the selection process.
