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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. ”
- Source: NEI Magazine
- 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.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 04 October 2019
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/GE-Hitachi,-Fermi-Energia-sign-small-modular-react