Your grandfather's nuclear power plant

From some random provider
~70 € MWh
  • Power: ~ 1500MWe
  • Construction time: ~ 10 years
  • The start of the first self-build: ~ 1965?
  • Cooling: with pumps
  • Safety system: depends on people and electricity
  • Concrete volume:
  • Volume of waste:
  • Emergency planning zone: 15 km
  • Construction costs: ~ 10 billion
  • Standardised components: no
We skip

BWRX-300

GE Hitachi
~50 € MWh
  • Power: 300MWe
  • Construction time: ~ 28 months
  • The start of the first self-build: 2024
  • Cooling: Free convection
  • Safety system: passive, does not require intervention
  • Concrete volume:
  • Volume of waste:
  • Emergency planning zone: not necessary outside the station's territory
  • Construction costs: 1 billion
  • Standardised components: Yes
Let's do it!
References
"Ordinary" nuclear plantvsVMR
Space needs
Material needs
7 billionConstruction price1 billion
7 yearsConstruction duration3 years
70Electricity production €/MWh50
1500Power300
Volume of waste
active - depends on people and electricitySafety systempassive - does not require intervention
with pumpsReactor coolingFree convection
15 kmEmergency planning zoneless than 1 km
noStandardized componentsYes
Licensability in Estonia
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