Nuclear Engineering International
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US-based Westinghouse Electric Company has signed an agreement with the UK’s Community Nuclear Power (CNP) to deploy the UK’s first privately-financed small modular reactor (SMR) fleet in Northeast England, using Westinghouse AP300 SMRs. “It is a significant step in making this new energy sector a reality with commercial operation expected by the early 2030s,” Westinghouse said.
The agreement is to build four AP300 SMRs in the North Teesside region. CNP, established in September 2022, is working with strategic partners, including Jacobs and Interpath Advisory, to develop a fully licensed site for the project, with a target of 2027. The project is being privately funded. CNP said the component parts and agreements needed for the project are in place, including land, capability, technology, private capital funding, and community demand.
CNP CEO Paul Foster said the project “brings together Westinghouse’s proven technology and mature supply chain with our depth of expertise in nuclear programme delivery, in a region that is transforming its industrial landscape”. David Durham, Westinghouse President, Energy Systems said the AP300 SMR “is ideally suited not just to support grid generation, but also for industrial sites for generating clean and secure energy and the ability to produce hydrogen, e-fuels, desalination and district heating”.
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