Published 2022 | Version v1
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BWRX-300: Innovative Deployable SMR

  • 1. GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy, Wilmington, NC (United States)

Description

BWRX-300 small modular reactor: • 10th generation Boiling Water Reactor; • World class safety; • Leverages U.S. NRC licensed ESBWR; • Design-to-cost approach; • Significant capital cost reduction per MW; • Capable of load following; • Ideal for electricity generation and industrial applications, including hydrogen production; • Constructability integrated into design; • Initiated licensing in the U.S. and Canada; • Operational as early as 2028

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Imprint Title
Technical Meeting on Codes and Standards, Design Engineering and Manufacturing of Components for Small Modular Reactors. Presentations
Imprint Pagination
vp.
Journal Page Range
18 p.
Report number
INIS-XA--23M0083

Conference

Title
Technical Meeting on Codes and Standards, Design Engineering and Manufacturing of Components for Small Modular Reactors
Dates
10-13 May 2022
Place
Vienna (Austria)

INIS

Country of Publication
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
54012764
Subject category
S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; S08: HYDROGEN;
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Conference
Descriptors DEI
BWR TYPE REACTORS; CAPITALIZED COST; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; LICENSES; POWER GENERATION; REACTOR DESIGN; REACTOR LICENSING; REACTOR SAFETY; SMALL MODULAR REACTORS
Descriptors DEC
COST; DESIGN; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; LICENSING; POWER REACTORS; REACTOR LIFE CYCLE; REACTORS; SAFETY; THERMAL REACTORS; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS

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