ML23341A009
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| Issue date: | 12/07/2023 |
| From: | Augi R NRC/OCM |
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INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVE ON Low-enriched Uranium Fuel, Accident Tolerant Fuel & Advanced Reactor Fuel Fabrication NRC Commissioners Briefing December 12, 2023 RICH AUGI, LWR Fuel Product Director
EXISTING FLEET: LOW ENRICHED URANIUM FUEL Comparison of Application Workload OPERATING POWER PLANT LICENSE RENEWAL Projected Applications*
Comparison of Application Workload POWER UPRATE PROJECTED APPLICATIONS*
Applications Received (2013-2022)
Potential Applications (2023-2032)
- NEI, The Future of Nuclear Power, 2023 Baseline Survey © 2023, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy. All rights reserved. 2
ACCIDENT TOLERANT FUEL-INDUSTRY ACHIEVEMENTS
- ATF rods loaded in 2018; 4yrs ahead of 2022 Congressional direction
- Loaded 9 ATF concepts in 8 reactors across 4 Key US ATF/LEU+/HBU Commercial Testing utilities by 2022
- 1st in the world to load full length ATF fuel rods
- 1st domestic power reactor authorized to receive, possess, and operate fuel assemblies with enrichments exceeding 5 wt.% U-235
- 1st domestic power reactor authorized to operate ATF fuel rods to burnup levels exceeding the current regulatory limits
- Industry firsts to load ATF/HALEU* (5-10%) and ATF/High Burnup to push the long-standing traditional regulatory limits for enrichments and burnups
- ATF Program uses LEU+ for 5-10%, rest of industry refers to this as HALEU © 2023, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy. All rights reserved. 3
ACCIDENT TOLERANT FUEL-REGULATORY ACHIEVEMENTS NRC Regulatory Approvals
- Constellation ATF/traditional Zircalloy High Burnup Lead Test Assembly License Amendment Request approval
- Fuel vendors
- Fresh Fuel shipping containers licensed for HALEU (5-10%)
- Advanced Methods licensed for HALEU (5-10%)
- Facility licensing in process for HALEU (5-10%)
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GNF ADVANCED FUEL TECHNOLOGIES CORE TEAM SETTING UP INFRASTRUCTURE FOR HALEU (up to 8 wt%)
Department GE Vernova
- RAJ-II - Fresh Fuel Shipping Container of Energy Advanced Research Center (amendment issued)
- Fabrication Site License & Integrated Safety Analysis (in review, expected Q4 2023)
Oak Ridge
- Fabrication Capability Upgrades National Lab
- New Powder Container certificate update (2024 submittal)
- Advanced codes and methods supporting deployment of Los Alamos Idaho National future fuel technologies (LANCR/PANAC LTR issued).
National Lab Lab
- GEs Coated Cladding Technology - ARMOR.
- Advanced Materials Research-IronClad, alternate cladding material.
- Next Generation of Fuel Product Development.
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ARDP NATRIUM FUEL-GNF SCOPE OF WORK Fabrication Facility Design &
Construction Fabrication Process & Safety Analysis and NRC License Equipment Development Amendment Shipping Container Design, License, Supply Chain Initial Core Fabrication Fabrication Development & Delivery Natrium Fuel Facility a collaboration between GNFA and TerraPower, SUBJECT TO DOE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT NO. DE-NE0009054 © 2023, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy. All rights reserved. 6
BWRX-300 SMR
- 10th generation Boiling Water Reactor 300 MWe WATER
- Leverages U.S. NRC licensed ESBWR
- World class safety COOLED SMALL
- Utilizing proven technology MODULAR REACTOR - GNF2 fuel: licensed, existing supply chain, >25,000 bundles delivered Competitive
- LEU fuel LCOE
- Design-to-cost approach
- Significant capital cost reduction per MW Designed to
- Capable of load following Mitigate LOCA
- Ideal for electricity generation and industrial applications including hydrogen production Reduced
- Constructability integrated into design Staff
- Initiated licensing in the U.S. and Canada
- Operational as early as 2029
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GE HITACHI BWRX-300 COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY NORTH AMERICA EUROPE & MIDDLE EAST Ontario Power Generation (OPG), Poland GEH, SNC-Lavalin and Aecon signed a
- U.S. Export-Import Bank and U.S. International Development contract for the deployment of a Finance Corporation sign letters of interest to lend up to $4 BWRX-300 small modular reactor at billion to support projects.
OPGs Darlington New Nuclear
- Regulators general opinion concludes BWRX-300 design is TVA, OPG, Synthos Green Project site - 3 additional units being compliant with Polish nuclear safety.
planned.
Energy and GE Hitachi to
- Orlen Synthos Green Energy submitted six applications for share in the investment the issuance of a fundamental decision for the construction Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) of BWRX-300 reactors.
of approximately began planning and preliminary licensing for potential deployment of a Estonia
$400 BWRX-300 at the Clinch River Site near Fermi Energia selected GEHs BWRX-300 for potential Oak Ridge, Tennessee. deployment in Estonia.
MILLION SaskPower selected the BWRX-300 United Kingdom BWRX-300 reaches next stage of Great British Nuclear SMR competition.
for potential deployment in to develop the Saskatchewan in the mid-2030s.
.United Arab Emirates, Czech Republic and Sweden BWRX-300 GE Hitachi has memoranda of understanding or other agreements in place with companies to support global standard design deployment of the BWRX-300.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The research discussed herein was supported by the US Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration, under award numbers DE-NE0009047. This report was prepared as an account of work sponsored by an agency of the United States Government. Neither the United States Government nor any agency thereof, nor any of their employees makes any warranty, express or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights. Reference herein to any specific commercial product, process or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement or favoring by the United States Government or any agency thereof. The views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Government or any agency thereof.
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