日立・GE:小型原子炉を受注:オンタリオ・パワー・ジェネレーション(動画):  Hitachi-GE: Received an order for a small nuclear reactor:Ontario Power: 日立通用电气:接到小型核反应堆订单:Ontario Power Generation

日立・GE:小型原子炉を受注:オンタリオ・パワー・ジェネレーション(動画): 
Hitachi-GE: Received an order for a small nuclear reactor:Ontario Power:
日立通用电气:接到小型核反应堆订单:Ontario Power Generation

ーカナダで3000億円規模ー

日立製作所
米ゼネラル・エレクトリック(GE)

GE日立ニュークリア・エナジー:

12月2日、次世代原子力の小型モジュール炉(SMR)をカナダで受注したと発表した。

日本勢の小型の商用原子炉の受注は初めて。

既存の原発よりも炉が小さく、理論上は安全性が高いとされる。

脱炭素の流れが強まるなか、日本の原発輸出が再開される。

電力大手のカナダ
OPG

オンタリオ・パワー・ジェネレーションから受注した。

受注額は非公表だが3000億円規模とみられる。

GE日立は、設計と機器調達を担う。

  • 2022年内に建設許可を申請。
  • 最大4基を建設する。
  • 早ければ28年に初号機が完成する。

日立の軽水炉技術
「BWRX-300」

日立が強みを持つ軽水炉技術を使用。

出力30万キロワット級の軽水炉。

「BWRX-300」小型原子炉を納入する。

4基の建設費:

小型原子炉の1基あたりの建設費用は700億~800億円。

4基の建設費は、単純計算で3000億円規模になりそうだ。

小型原子炉は:

現在商用化している出力100万キロワット級の原子炉に比べ、出力が小さい。

  • 従来の原子炉よりも、
  • 構造が簡素で発電規模も小さく、
  • 炉心を冷やしやすいという。

日本経済新聞

https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQOUC032VF0T01C21A2000000/

Hitachi-GE wins order for small module reactors

A joint venture of Japanese electronics giant Hitachi and US conglomerate General Electric says

it has won an order to build small reactors.

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy based in the United States said on Thursday that

it received the order to build reactors called “small module reactors” from an electric power company in Ontario, Canada.

The joint venture says

small modular reactors generate 300,000 kilowatts of electricity, much less than conventional ones that generate about 1 million kilowatts.

It takes a shorter period to build small module reactors and they are easier to cool.

The joint venture

plans to construct up to four small module reactors and aims to complete one of them by 2028 at the earliest.

Hitachi says
this is the first time a Japanese company has been involved in an order for small module reactors.

Construction of new nuclear reactors has been put on hold following an accident at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant in 2011, which revealed safety and other problems.

But amid an accelerating global shift toward carbon neutrality,

the United States,
Poland and other countries

are considering introducing small modular reactors that emit no carbon dioxide during operation.

NHK WORLD-JAPAN News

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20211203_34/

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy Selected by Ontario Power Generation as Technology Partner for Darlington New Nuclear Project

TORONTO
—December 2, 2021—

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH)

has been selected by Ontario Power Generation (OPG) as the technology partner for the Darlington New Nuclear Project.

GEH will work with OPG to deploy

a BWRX-300 small modular reactor (SMR) at the Darlington site that could be complete as early as 2028.

“We are thrilled to be selected by OPG as a technology partner,” said Jay Wileman, President & CEO, GEH.

“OPG is Ontario’s climate change leader and is positioned to become a world leader in SMRs.

Together,
this partnership will bring jobs and economic benefits to Durham Region, Ontario and Canada, and potential global export of this technology.”

GE News

https://www.ge.com/news/press-releases/ge-hitachi-nuclear-energy-selected-by-ontario-power-generation-as-technology-partner