GE Hitachi Submits Design for 1,520 MW Reactor

摘要

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) said it has completed its submittal of the design certification document for the 1,520 MW Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor (ESBWR) to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, providing detailed information to evaluate the design.rnThe ESBWR is expected to have up to 40 percent lower operating and maintenance costs per kWh than currently operating Generation I and II nuclear reactors, according to GEH. Detroit Edison and Dominion Virginia have both referenced the reactor in their applications to the NRC.