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Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems (CANES)

An MIT Energy Initiative Low-Carbon Energy Center

CANES aims to hasten the development of new and transformative technologies, materials, and methods that will make nuclear fission more affordable, more rapidly and securely deployable, and even safer than is currently the case.

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News

MIT Energy Initiative study reports on the future of nuclear energy
Findings suggest new policy models and cost-cutting technologies could help nuclear play vital role in climate solutions
Buongiorno and Ulm to collaborate on $1.9M DOE grant to accelerate advanced nuclear technology development
MITEI researchers Jacopo Buongiorno and Franz-Josef Ulm will begin working on the DOE-funded project on nuclear technology
MIT Energy Initiative awards nine Seed Fund grants for early-stage energy research
Awardees will use grants to advance research in areas including energy storage, renewables expansion modeling, and the chemistry of electrocatalysts.
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Research

Deep borehole disposal of spent nuclear fuel
Low-cost energy storage and energy sink technologies
Fluoride salt-cooled high temperature reactors
Advanced modeling and simulation of neutronic and thermal-hydraulic behavior
More research

Publications & Related Work

The Future of Nuclear Energy in a Carbon-Constrained World
September 2018
Future of Nuclear Power in a Low-Carbon World: The Need for Dispatchable Energy
September 2017
Charles Forsberg, Richard Lester, Nestor Sepulveda, Geoffrey Haratyk
Light Water Reactor Heat Storage for Peak Power and Increased Revenue
July 2017
Charles Forsberg
More publications

Member Benefits Include

  • Semi-annual workshops
  • Unpublished proprietary analysis and research presented via member-only webinars and at workshops
  • Insights from techno-economic analysis and decision support tools
  • Member participation in formulating collaborative research programs with the faculty committee
  • Participation in the MITEI Annual Research Conference and Symposium

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