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Canada to get its version of the mythical beast – the Small Nuclear Reactor – GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) BWRX-300

Ontario Power Generation (OPG) will build a GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) BWRX-300 small modular reactor (SMR) at its Darlington Nuclear Station in Clarington, Ontario, marking a major triumph for the nuclear vendor in a stiff competition for the much-watched utility-scale project.

OPG announced the selection of the GE Hitachi BWRX-300 SMR over competitors X-energy and Terrestrial Energy in a live stream on Dec. 2. The utility said it will now work with GE Hitachi on the SMR engineering, design, planning, preparing the licensing and permitting materials, and performing site preparation activities. The companies are targeting a “mutual goal of constructing Canada’s first commercial, grid-scale SMR, projected to be completed as early as 2028.” Site preparation, which will include
“installation of the necessary construction services,” is slated to begin in the spring of 2022, pending appropriate approvals. OPG additionally said it will apply to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
(CNSC) for a License to Construct the SMR by the end of 2022.

 Power Mag 2nd Dec 2021

https://www.powermag.com/darlington-nuclear-plant-will-get-a-bwrx-300-smr-as-ge-hitachi-bags-lucrative-opg-selection/

December 6, 2021 - Posted by | Canada, Small Modular Nuclear Reactors

3 Comments »

  1. The illustration shown is not the BWRX-300 (boiling water reactor).

    The illustration shown is actually their PRISM design (molten sodium reactor).

    TerjeP (say taya)'s avatar Comment by TerjeP (say taya) | July 27, 2024 | Reply

    • Well, thank you, TerjeP
      I have now corrected this, as you’;ll see, I hope

      Christina Macpherson's avatar Comment by Christina Macpherson | July 27, 2024 | Reply

  2. Again a move in the wrong direction. SMR’s are more expensive to produce than Wind or solar power, and on top of these things produce more high radioactive waste per KW than regular big reactors.

    Which also should have been never produced and operated in the first place, because of the radioactive waste problem.

    Werner Rhein's avatar Comment by Werner Rhein | July 28, 2024 | Reply


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