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GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy and Czech utility ČEZ have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on examining the economic and technical feasibility of potentially constructing a BWRX-300 in the Czech Republic. ČEZ operates two nuclear power plants which generate about one-third of the country’s electricity. The Czech government plans substituting aging coal plants with new nuclear build and renewables in the near future.

Date: Wednesday, 05 February 2020
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/GEH-promotes-BWRX-300-design-in-Czech-Republic

A startup looking at proposals to build a small modular reactor in Estonia by the middle of next decade has said it is set to begin the process of site selection for a first unit.

Fermi Energia’s founder and chief executive officer Kalev Kallemets said in a television interview that no decision had been made about a site, but that authorities in the municipality of Viru-Nigula, in the north of the country, were interested.

Mr Kallemets said: “If we do not deal with this discussion and research today, then in 10 years it could be too late and the opportunity will be gone”. He said Estonia needs to consider new generation SMR technology to maintain energy independence and achieve climate neutrality.

He said an “optimistic scenario” provides for the first plat to begin operation in the early 2030s.

Date: Tuesday, 28 January 2020
Original article: nucnet.org/news/fermi-energia-to-begin-site-selection-for-first-smr-1-1-2020

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) and TerraPower on 21 January announced a collaboration to pursue a Public Private Partnership to design and construct the Versatile Test Reactor (VTR) for the US Department of Energy (DOE). The two companies recently submitted a joint response to an Expression of Interest issued by the Battelle Energy Alliance (BEA) on behalf of DOE which seeks stakeholders interested in forming a partnership for a cost sharing arrangement to design and construct the VTR using sodium fast reactor technology.

Date: Friday, 24 January 2020
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsgeh-and-terrapower-to-collaborate-on-us-vtr-development-7653716

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) has completed the segmentation of the reactor internals of units 1 and 2 at the Oskarshamn nuclear power plant in Sweden, fulfilling a contract awarded by plant operator OKG AB in December 2016. Large-scale dismantling and demolition of the two boiling water reactors will begin next year.

Date: Friday, 20 December 2019
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Dismantling-of-Oskarshamn-reactor-internals-comple

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) is to decommission the reactor internals and reactor pressure vessel at the Pilgrim nuclear power plant under a contract awarded by Holtec International and SNC-Lavalin joint venture Comprehensive Decommissioning International, LLC (CDI).

Date: Thursday, 05 December 2019
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/GEH-contracted-for-Pilgrim-internals-dismantling

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) has announced an agreement to collaborate on the potential application of its BWRX-300 small modular reactor technology in Poland. The North Carolina, USA-headquartered company said yesterday it had signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Synthos SA, a Polish manufacturer of synthetic rubber and one of the country's biggest producers of chemical raw materials.

Date: Wednesday, 23 October 2019
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/GEH-signs-agreement-for-small-modular-reactor-in-P

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) and Estonia’s Fermi Energia last week signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on potential deployment applications for GEH’s BWRX-300 small modular reactor in Estonia. The companies agreed to examine the economic feasibility of constructing a in Estonia, to review siting requirements and to assess nuclear regulatory requirements, GEH said.
 
The BWRX-300, a 300MWe water-cooled, natural circulation SMR with passive safety systems, is based on the Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor (ESBWR) which has been certified by the US Nuclear Regulatory Authority. GEH said that, through dramatic design simplification, the BWRX-300 is expected to require up to 60% less capital cost per MWe compared with other water-cooled SMRs or large nuclear reactor designs. “By leveraging the ESBWR design certification, utilising licensed and proven fuel, incorporating proven components and supply chains and implementing simplification innovations, GEH believes that the BWRX-300 can become cost-competitive with power generation from combined cycle gas and renewables.”
 
As the tenth evolution of GE’s first Boiling Water Reactor design, GEH said the BWRX-300 represents the simplest, yet most innovative BWR since GE began commercialising nuclear reactors in 1955. “Our BWRX-300 small modular reactor is breakthrough technology that is designed to be cost competitive with gas and renewables and we think it represents an ideal solution for Estonia’s carbon-free energy needs,” said Jon Ball, Executive Vice President of Nuclear Plant Projects for GEH. ”

Date: Tuesday, 08 October 2019
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsgeh-signs-mou-with-estonia-on-possible-deployment-of-bwrx-300-7442835

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) and Fermi Energia have agreed to collaborate on potential deployment applications for GEH's BWRX-300 small modular reactor in Estonia. In a Memorandum of Understanding they have agreed to examine the economic feasibility of constructing a BWRX-300 in Estonia, to review siting requirements and to assess nuclear regulatory requirements.

Date: Friday, 04 October 2019
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/GE-Hitachi,-Fermi-Energia-sign-small-modular-react

The decommissioning of unit 2 at the Oskarshamn nuclear power plant in Sweden has passed a major milestone with the completion of the segmentation of the reactor internals.

Date: Tuesday, 22 January 2019
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Dismantling-of-Oskarshamn-2-internals-completed

US-based GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) has been awarded a three-year contract by Swedish plant operator OKG to support the dismantling of two reactors at the Oskarshamn nuclear power plant.

Date: Monday, 09 January 2017
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsgeh-contracted-to-dismantle-two-units-at-swedens-oskarshamn-npp-5711766