Distributed modular nuclear power plant layout architecture

A method for constructing a nuclear power plant having a distributed modular nuclear power plant layout architecture, the method comprising:

• constructing a first cluster of buildings, the first cluster of buildings including a nuclear building, the nuclear building including at least one of a nuclear reactor or a nuclear fuel storage pool, the nuclear building is configured to protect the at least one of the nuclear reactor or the nuclear fuel storage pool from incurring damage due to an occurrence of a damaging event, the damaging event originating externally to the nuclear building;
• and
• constructing a second cluster of buildings, the second cluster of buildings including a support building that is spatially separate from the nuclear building such that the support building is structurally independent of the nuclear building, the support building including an initiating support equipment, the initiating support equipment configured to trigger a frontline support equipment, the frontline support equipment is configure to continue to perform a fundamental safety function independently of the initiating support equipment once the frontline support equipment is initially triggered by the initiating support equipment, the fundamental safety function including at least one of controlling a reactivity of the nuclear reactor, cooling a reactor radioactive material in the nuclear reactor, cooling a stored radioactive material in the nuclear fuel storage pool, or confining a particular radioactive material within an enclosure of a container to suppress a release of the particular radioactive material from the container,
• wherein the nuclear building and the support building are constructed at least partially concurrently,
• wherein the first cluster of buildings includes the nuclear building and a separate first cluster building, the separate first cluster building spatially separate from the nuclear building such that the separate first cluster building is structurally independent of the nuclear building, the separate first cluster building including at least one of a reactor annex building, a fuel handling building, a fuel annex building, or any combination thereof,
• wherein the second cluster of buildings includes the support building and a separate second cluster building, the separate second cluster building spatially separate from the support building such that the separate second cluster building is structurally independent of the support building, the separate second cluster building including at least one of
• a transformer,
• an electrical supply from a balance of the nuclear power plant,
• a control room,
• an e-room including at least one of a switchgear, a unit substation, a motor control center, a protective relay, a battery system, an uninterruptible power supply, or an inverter, or
• any combination thereof,
• wherein the frontline support equipment is included within a building in the first cluster of buildings,
• wherein the first cluster of buildings and the second cluster of buildings are spatially separate from each other such that a smallest distance between a building of the first cluster of buildings and a building of the second cluster of buildings is at least 5 meters,
• wherein adjacent buildings of the first cluster of buildings are within 5 meters of each other,
• wherein adjacent buildings of the second cluster of buildings are within 5 meters of each other, and
• wherein the second cluster of buildings includes at least 80% of switchgears, unit substations, motor control centers, protective relays, battery systems, uninterruptible power supplies, and inverters in the nuclear power plant.