NRC issues first U.S. construction permit for a BWRX-300 small modular reactor
Source is the reactor vendor’s press release.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the Tennessee Valley Authority a construction permit for a GE Vernova Hitachi BWRX-300 small modular reactor at its Clinch River site in Oak Ridge, Tennessee—the first U.S. permit for that design.
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BWRX-300
After exploring NRC issues first U.S. construction permit for a BWRX-300, for the design, read BWRX-300.
The reactor design itself: a GE Vernova Hitachi small modular reactor of up to 300 MW with passive safety.
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Small modular reactors are still too expensive, too slow, and too risky
After exploring NRC issues first U.S. construction permit for a BWRX-300, for the opposing view, read Small modular reactors are still too expensive, too slow, and too risky.
The skeptics’ case (2024): IEEFA argues SMRs keep running over budget and behind schedule, and that renewables are the near-term answer.
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