The BWRX-300 is a cost-competitive solution that can be deployed for electricity generation and industrial applications, including hydrogen production, desalination, and district heating. Ideally …

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy’s (GEH’s) BWRX-300 is a designed-to-cost 300 MWe water-cooled natural circulation Small Modular Reactor (SMR) utilizing simple natural phenomena-driven safety systems.

OPG contracted with GE Vernova to build four of its BWRX-300 small modular reactors (SMRs) at the Darlington New Nuclear Project site. When constructed, each unit will deliver enough electricity to power 300,000 Toronto homes and is 10% the size and complexity of even a traditional boiling water reactor (BWR).

The BWRX-300 is a design for a small modular nuclear reactor proposed by GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH). The BWRX-300 would feature passive safety, in that neither external power nor operator action would be required to maintain a safe state, even in extreme circumstances.

2023年3月21日 · The BWRX-300 is a 300 MWe water-cooled, natural circulation SMR with passive safety systems that leverages the design and licensing basis of GEH’s U.S. NRC-certified ESBWR. Through dramatic and innovative design simplification, GEH projects the BWRX-300 will require significantly less capital cost per MW when compared to other SMR designs.

2020年1月30日 · The BWRX-300 is a 300 MWe water-cooled, natural circulation SMR with passive safety systems that leverages the design and licensing basis of GEH’s U.S. NRC-certified ESBWR.

2025年1月21日 · A Generation III+ SMR is defined as a nuclear reactor that uses light water as a coolant and low-enriched uranium fuel, with a single-unit net electrical power output of 50-350 MW.

2018年5月20日 · GE-Hitachi (GEH) is focusing its design work on getting the cost of the reactor down from the levels associated with full size reactors like the ESBWR. Using a global average of $5,000/KW, the 300 MW unit would cost $1.5 billion. The company’s goal is to reduce the cost of the SMR to the point where it can compete with natural gas plants.

The BWRX-300 is GE Hitachi’s innovative SMR design “BWR” stands for “Boiling Water Reactor.” The reactor relies on nuclear fission to heat water, which turns into steam and drives a steam turbine to produce power and generate electricity.

The GE Hitachi BWRX-300, the 10th generation BWR, has been designed with an electrical power capacity of around 300 MWe, it is a water-cooled, natural circulation Small Modular Reactor (SMR) with passive safety systems.