UK SMR Competition Narrows Contenders to Four Nuclear Designs

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2024 14:27:37 +0000

The UK government has narrowed its shortlist of technologies competing in its flagship Small Modular Reactor (SMR) competition to four candidates. On Sept. 25, it announced that Westinghouse, GE-Hitachi Nuclear […]

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The Rolls-Royce SMR, utilizing established Pressurised Water Reactor (PWR) technology, is designed to generate up to 470 MWe of low-carbon energy, comparable to over 150 onshore wind turbines. The plant has a 60-year design life and a capacity factor above 95%. Its modular construction, involving 1,500 transportable modules, aims to reduce on-site construction time. The SMR is designed with both passive and active safety features, and it has potential for cogeneration applications. Rolls-Royce SMR targets both domestic and international markets, focusing on scalability and competitive energy generation. Courtesy: Rolls-Royce SMR

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UK Companies See Major Opportunity in Nuclear Supply Chain

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2024 15:07:40 +0000

The UK government has ambitions for 24 GW of nuclear energy by 2050 to help in providing energy security for the UK and for meeting its net-zero goals. Among groups […]

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UK Nuclear Recap: Major Funding for GEH’s SMR and Sizewell C as Hinkley Point C Suffers New Hefty Delays

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2024 18:07:32 +0000

Over the past week, the UK government stepped up its nuclear agenda, doling out a £33.6 million grant under its Future Nuclear Enabling Fund to support GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy […]

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TVA, OPG, Synthos Team to Shape Standard Design for BWRX-300 Nuclear Reactors

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2023 18:42:49 +0000

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), Ontario Power Generation (OPG), and Synthos Green Energy (SGE) will collaborate to shape a standard design for GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy’s (GEH’s) BWRX-300 small modular reactor (SMR) to speed up the technology’s regulatory acceptance and spur future deployments. The three companies, which have separately begun a regulatory process for potential BWRX-300 […]

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GE Hitachi’s BWRX-300 Small Modular Reactor Gets Another Win

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2023 18:06:53 +0000

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Fermi Energia, a privately held company formed to develop a small modular reactor (SMR) in Estonia, announced that it has selected GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy’s (GEH’s) BWRX-300 design for deployment. Kalev Kallemets, CEO of Fermi Energia, said in September last year that the company’s nuclear technology selection process had begun in 2019, with a mapping […]

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GE Hitachi’s BWRX-300 Small Modular Reactor Gets Another Win

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2023 18:06:53 +0000

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Fermi Energia, a privately held company formed to develop a small modular reactor (SMR) in Estonia, announced that it has selected GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy’s (GEH’s) BWRX-300 design for deployment. Kalev Kallemets, CEO of Fermi Energia, said in September last year that the company’s nuclear technology selection process had begun in 2019, with a mapping […]

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Nuclear Fuel Facility Unveiled for Natrium Fast Reactor Demonstration

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2022 17:11:52 +0000

A fuel fabrication facility that will create reliable fuel for TerraPower and GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy’s (GEH’s) 345-MWe Natrium pool-type sodium fast reactor (SFR) demonstration in Wyoming and future Natrium nuclear plants is taking shape at Global Nuclear Fuel–Americas’ (GNF-A’s) nuclear fuel fabrication plant in Wilmington, North Carolina. GNF-A, a 2007-established GE-led joint venture with […]

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SaskPower Picks SMR Technology for First Two Potential Nuclear Units

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2022 13:23:47 +0000

SaskPower has chosen GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy’s (GEH’s) BWRX-300 small modular reactor (SMR) technology for Saskatchewan’s first two nuclear units, which the provincial utility plans to deploy by the mid-2030s. The announcement on June 27 wraps up a four-year process to evaluate specific SMR designs and furthers planning for SaskPower, a Crown corporation, which has […]

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Headway for Potential Deployment of BWRX-300 Nuclear Reactor in Saskatchewan

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 26 May 2022 19:07:54 +0000

The potential deployment of a BWRX-300 small modular reactor (SMR) in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan gained a boost with a cooperation agreement between GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy’s (GEH’s) Canadian subsidiary GEH SMR Technologies Canada and the Saskatchewan Industrial and Mining Supplier’s Association (SIMSA). GEH SMR Canada on May 26 said a memorandum of understanding […]

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POWER Notebook: A Week of Trials and Triumphs for Nuclear

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2020 15:31:27 +0000

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The past week saw interesting developments worldwide for nuclear new builds, small modular reactors (SMRs), and advanced nuclear fuel. Highlighted here: A third U.S. utility will use Framatome’s ATRIUM 11 fuel design; Barakah 1 in the United Arab Emirates is on the cusp of startup; South Africa’s Eskom said it wants to dispose of PBMR […]

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