Categorical Exclusion Determination
Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance
August 3, 2018
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The University of Idaho, in collaboration with Brigham Young University and Idaho National Laboratory, proposes to integrate new thermal energy storage models developed in Modelica with ongoing nuclear-renewable hybrid energy systems modeling efforts, and perform optimization in RAVEN, to evaluate the economic potential and advantages of the new process designs over baseload electricity production.