日立通用电气：接到小型核反应堆订单：Ontario Power Generation
-加拿大3000亿日元规模-
日立制作所
通用电气 (GE)
GE日立核能：
12月2日，它宣布已收到加拿大的下一代核小模块堆（SMR）订单。
这是日本第一个小型商用核反应堆订单。
熔炉比现有的核电站更小，理论上更安全。
随着脱碳趋势的加剧，日本的核出口将恢复。
电力巨头加拿大
OPG
收到安大略发电公司的订单。
订单金额未披露，但估计为3000亿日元。
GE日立负责设计和设备采购。
2022年内申请施工许可证。
最多可建造 4 个单元。
第一台机器最早将于28日完工。
日立轻水堆技术
“BWRX-300”
采用轻水反应堆技术，这是日立的强项。
一个输出功率为 300,000 千瓦的轻水反应堆。
交付“BWRX-300”小型反应堆。
4个单位的建设成本：
每个小型核反应堆的建设成本为 70 至 800 亿日元。
简单计算，这四个机组的建设成本很可能达到3000亿日元。
小型反应堆：
输出功率小于目前市场上的 100 万千瓦级核反应堆。
比传统的核反应堆
结构简单，发电规模小，
据说很容易冷却芯子。
日本经济新闻
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