Name of the Project
Stable salt reactor – wasteburner (SSR-W) demonstration plant.
Location
The demonstration plant will be built at the Point Lepreau nuclear power plant site, in New Brunswick, Canada.
Client
New Brunswick Energy Solutions Corporation and New Brunswick Power.
Project Description
The project proposes the construction of an SSR-W demonstration plant. The reactor technology produces very low-cost, clean energy and can reduce the cost of electricity to consumers while achieving low-carbon targets.
The plant uses spent nuclear fuel, which could help solve New Brunswick’s future spent-fuel disposal challenge. SSRs are modular in construction, but are able to store energy, which enable them to double or triple their output at peak demand times during the day.
Their rectangular cores can be extended module by module to create reactors from 150 MW to 1 200 MW.
Potential Job Creation
Not stated.
Value
Not stated.
Duration
The aim is to deploy the SSR-W at the Point Lepreau nuclear reactor site before 2023.
Latest Developments
None stated.
Key Contracts and Suppliers
Moltex Energy (SSR-W).
On Budget and on Time?
Too early to state.
Contact Details for Project Information
Department of Energy and Resource Development – communications, Jean Bertin, tel +1506444 5298.
NB Power – communications, Marc Belliveau, tel +1506458 4203.