Hitachi-GE: Received an order for a small nuclear reactor: Ontario Power Generation
-300 billion yen scale in Canada-
Hitachi, Ltd.
General Electric (GE)
GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy:
On December 2, it announced that it had received an order for the Next Generation Nuclear Small Module Reactor (SMR) in Canada.
This is the first order for a small commercial nuclear reactor from Japan.
The furnace is smaller than the existing nuclear power plants, and it is theoretically safer.
As the trend of decarbonization intensifies, Japan’s nuclear exports will resume.
Power giant Canada
OPG
Received an order from Ontario Power Generation.
The order amount is not disclosed, but it is estimated to be 300 billion yen.
GE Hitachi is responsible for design and equipment procurement.
Apply for construction permit within 2022.
Build up to 4 units.
The first machine will be completed in 28 at the earliest.
Hitachi Light Water Reactor Technology
“BWRX-300”
Uses light water reactor technology, which Hitachi has strengths in.
A light water reactor with an output of 300,000 kW.
Delivered the “BWRX-300” small reactor.
Construction cost of 4 units:
The construction cost per small nuclear reactor is 70 to 80 billion yen.
The construction cost of the four units is likely to reach 300 billion yen by simple calculation.
Small reactors:
The output is smaller than the 1 million kW class nuclear reactors currently on the market.
Than a conventional nuclear reactor
The structure is simple and the scale of power generation is small,
It is said that it is easy to cool the core.
Nihon Keizai Shimbun
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 countriesare 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