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GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy awarded grant to develop SMR for UK

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GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy has been awarded a £33.6m UK Future Nuclear Enabling Fund grant to accelerate regulatory acceptance and its deployment readiness of its BWRX-300 small modular reactor.

Designed to operate for 60 years, the BWRX-300 boiling water reactor has an electrical capacity of 300MWe
Designed to operate for 60 years, the BWRX-300 boiling water reactor has an electrical capacity of 300MWe - GE Hitachi

The company, the nuclear business if GE Vernova, submitted the Future Nuclear Enabling Fund (FNEF) application with a UK team including Jacobs, Laing O’Rourke and Cavendish Nuclear along with Synthos Green Energy (SGE), an investor and developer from Poland.

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) is developing a UK supply chain which includes a memorandum of understanding with Sheffield Forgemasters for a potential supply agreement for UK-sourced steel forgings in support of the deployment of BWRX-300 SMRs.

“The biggest expansion of nuclear power for 70 years is underway in the UK and small modular reactors are front and centre in this rapid revival,” Andrew Bowie, minister for nuclear, said in a statement. “Today’s £33.6m in funding for GE Hitachi will help develop their design, putting us in an excellent position to become one of the first to deploy this game-changing tech.”

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