M190048, BWRX-300 Small Modular Reactor Pre-Application Discussions
| ML19060A193 | |
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| Site: | 05200045 |
| Issue date: | 03/01/2019 |
| From: | Michelle Catts GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas |
| To: | Document Control Desk, Office of New Reactors |
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| Download: ML19060A193 (1) | |
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GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy
.* HITACHI Michelle P. ~
Senior Vice President, Regulatory Affairs 39Q1 CaStle HaYne~
P.O. Box 780 t.NC A-10 Wilmington, NC 28402 USA M190048 T 910.200-9838 MicbeJie.catts@ge.com March 1, 2019 Director, OffiQe .of New ReactoFJ U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-p001 Attn: ~ment Control Desk Subject BWRX-300 $mall Modular Reactor Pre-Application Dlacuaalona GE- H~chl Nu9l;ar Energy Afr1erlcas LLC (GEH) Is pleased to Inform the N~cleaf Regutatory Comm~lon (N~C) of our intent to Jlegln Initial pre-8pplicatlon discussions with the NRC on the licensing of our sman modular re@c19r technology, ~ BWRx-300.
The BWRX-300 is an eY9futionary design for the Sman Modular ReactOr (S~R) rnart<et that includes leadiog edg!! Innovations tQ address cost and constrwtton simplicity while lflver'aglng over 50 years of succes~l d8$1gn and operating e~~rience Qf the Boiling Water Reactor {BWR) fleet Mahy design fea\f,lres ot*tf1e BWRX-300 are scalect down from ~e existing o~ratln*g* fleet or adapted from the U.S.
NRC certified Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor (ESBWR). Other featurJt&, such as the fuel, are drawn from the existing BWR fleet and direqtiy benefit from decades*of desi_gn, riCe~ing, ar:id wenmng experience.
GEH ls ¢Urre~tly in the p~ of dewloplng a detailed licensing sch~~,tle; fl~ver, for pl~nnlng purposes, It Is our intent ~ begin preliminary discu~slons primarily with the NRC Project Manager, James Shea, lh the first part of 2019.
There are no regulatoty commibnents contained In this letter.
PJease contact me at (910) 200-9836 If you have any questions.
Sincerely, Michelle P. catts Senior Vice President, Regulatory Affairs cc: J. Shea (NRC)
J. Rankin {NRC)