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GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy and BWXT Canada Enter into Agreement to Support BWRX-300 Design and Commercialization

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Tuesday, October 19, 2021

Toronto, Oct. 19, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) and BWXT Canada Ltd. (BWXT Canada) have entered into a teaming agreement to cooperate on engineering and procurement to support the design, manufacturing and commercialization of the BWRX-300 small modular reactor (SMR).

Key Points: 
  • Toronto, Oct. 19, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) and BWXT Canada Ltd. (BWXT Canada) have entered into a teaming agreement to cooperate on engineering and procurement to support the design, manufacturing and commercialization of the BWRX-300 small modular reactor (SMR).
  • The agreement builds on a Memorandum of Understanding that GEH and BWXT Canada signed in June 2020.
  • GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) is a world-leading provider of advanced reactors and nuclear services.
  • Established in 2007, GEH is a global nuclear alliance created by GE and Hitachi to serve the global nuclear industry.

Cameco, GE Hitachi, GEH SMR Canada and Synthos Green Energy to Collaborate on Potential Deployment of BWRX-300 Small Modular Reactors in Poland

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Thursday, September 23, 2021

SASKATOON, Saskatchewan, Sept. 23, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cameco (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ), GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH), GEH SMR Technologies Canada, Ltd. (GEH SMR Canada) and Synthos Green Energy (SGE), a member of the Synthos Group S.A., have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to evaluate the potential establishment of a uranium fuel supply chain in Canada capable of servicing a potential fleet of BWRX-300 small modular reactors (SMRs) in Poland.

Key Points: 
  • SASKATOON, Saskatchewan, Sept. 23, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cameco (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ), GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH), GEH SMR Technologies Canada, Ltd. (GEH SMR Canada) and Synthos Green Energy (SGE), a member of the Synthos Group S.A., have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to evaluate the potential establishment of a uranium fuel supply chain in Canada capable of servicing a potential fleet of BWRX-300 small modular reactors (SMRs) in Poland.
  • In 2019 SGE and GEH agreed to collaborate on potential deployment applications for the BWRX-300 in Poland.
  • In July 2021, Cameco, GEH and Global Nuclear Fuel-Americas (GNF-A) agreed to explore several areas of cooperation to advance the commercialization and deployment of BWRX-300 SMRs in Canada and around the world.
  • GEH is honored to be working with Cameco and Synthos Green Energy to deploy the BWRX-300, said Jay Wileman, President & CEO, GEH.