The NRC (from 1974-2022) has certified six other designs: the Advanced Boiling Water Reactor, System 80+, AP600, AP1000, the Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor and the APR1400. Designs for ...

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on Tuesday said it has approved a new version of the Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (ABWR) nuclear power plant design proposed by the South Texas ...

[STP, 14 May] Sargent & Lundy have been chosen to act as Owner's Engineer to South Texas Project (STP) on its forthcoming project to build two new reactors. The new units are to be General Electric's ...

It submitted information on safety upgrades across the site and at those two units. These 1356 MWe Advanced Boiling Water Reactors began commercial operation in 1996 and 1997, respectively, and were ...

Framatome’s 1.6-GWe EPR (originally the Areva European Pressurised Reactor). Westinghouse’s 1.1-GWe AP1000. GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy’s (GEH’s) 1.3-GWe Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (ABWR).

TVA plans to build the 10th generation of GE's boiling water reactor, a design it already operates at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant in Alabama. A nuclear leader compared different sizes of ...

Modular design of SMRs The BWRX-300 is a 300 MWe water-cooled, natural circulation SMR with passive safety systems. The design is based on the licensed ESBWR boiling water reactor previously ...

The boiling water reactor can provide 300 MWe to the grid, and its refueling cycle can extend from 12 to 24 months. It has a design life of 60 years.