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Thermal power station where the heat source is a nuclear reactor
A nuclear power plant (NPP), also known as a nuclear power station (NPS), nuclear generating station (NGS) or atomic power station (APS) is a thermal power station in which the heat source is a nuclear reactor. As is typical of thermal power stations, heat is used to generate steam that drives a steam turbine connected to a generator that produces electricity. As of October 2025, the International Atomic Energy Agency reported that there were 416 nuclear power reactors in operation in 31 countries around the world, and 62 nuclear power reactors under construction. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Nuclear power plantA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Conceptual design workflow for the STEP Prototype PowerplantInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Heating and air-conditioning of buildingsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Optimization of powerplant component size on board a fuel cell/battery hybrid bus for fuel economy and system durabilityCited 69 times
- Go sideways: Pressurized water reactorA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Nuclear reactorA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun Alternative spelling of power plant.
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Optimization of powerplant component size on board a fuel cell/battery hybrid bus for fuel economy and system durability
Improved hybrid inexact optimal scheduling of virtual powerplant (VPP) for zero-carbon multi-energy system (ZCMES) incorporating Electric Vehicle (EV) multi-flexible approach
Can a wastewater treatment plant be a powerplant? A case study
Modelling precipitation sequences in powerplant steels Part 2 – Application of kinetic theory
Case Study: Lapino Powerplant Penstock Failure
Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing of a Fuel Cell Aircraft Powerplant
Simultaneous autonomous system and powerplant design for morphing quadrotors
Design, modelling and measurement of a hybrid powerplant for unmanned aerial systems
🆕 Influential since 2022
Conceptual design workflow for the STEP Prototype Powerplant
Assessment of hydrogen gas turbine-fuel cell powerplant for rotorcraft
Multi-objective stochastical redesign of an SUAV over its control surfaces, powerplant system and autonomous flight system
An integrated Geographic Information System and Analytical Hierarchy process based approach for site suitability analysis of on-grid hybrid concentrated solar-biomass powerplant
Hot oxidation and corrosion resistance of nickel-based superalloy Inconel 617 fabricated by wire arc additive manufacturing for powerplant applications
📚 Books worth reading
Heating and air-conditioning of buildingsFaber, Oscar · 1936
Steam power plant engineeringGeorge Frederick Gebhardt · 1908- 📕Electric power stationsThomas Henry Carr · 1941
Steam-plant operationEverett B. Woodruff · 1935- 📕Garabed free-energy generatorUnited States. Congress. House. Committee on Patents · 1924
Central stationsTerrell Croft · 1917
The critical and miscellaneous prose works of John DrydenJohn Dryden · 1800- 📕Interim report on the performance of 400 megawatt and larger nuclear and coal-fired generating unitsUnited States. Dept. of Energy. Division of Power Supply and Reliability. · 1978
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