{
  "slug": "bwrx-300",
  "name": "BWRX-300",
  "company_id": "ge-vernova-hitachi",
  "coolant": "Light water",
  "reactor_type": "bwr",
  "output_mwe": 300,
  "thermal_mw": null,
  "fuel_type": "Uranium dioxide",
  "enrichment_class": "LEU",
  "enrichment_pct": "Under 5% U-235",
  "regulator": "CNSC (Canada) and US NRC",
  "application_type": "Licence to construct (Canada); construction permit (USA)",
  "application_date": null,
  "review_phase": "Under construction at Darlington; TVA application under NRC review",
  "decision_expected": null,
  "credibility_tier": "under_construction",
  "docket": "CNSC licence to construct, Darlington New Nuclear Project; NRC construction permit application, Clinch River (TVA)",
  "first_site_name": "Darlington, Ontario",
  "first_site_country": "CAN",
  "offtakers": "Ontario Power Generation; Tennessee Valley Authority",
  "model_match": "BWRX-300",
  "transportable": 0,
  "form_factor": null,
  "what_if": null,
  "notes": "The first SMR construction start in a G7 country. A simplification of the licensed ESBWR using natural circulation instead of recirculation pumps, which is why it could be licensed faster than a clean-sheet design. Crucially it runs on **conventional LEU**, so unlike most of this list it does not wait on HALEU.\n",
  "source_name": "US Department of Energy and GE Vernova",
  "source_url": "https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/nrc-dockets-construction-permit-application-tva-small-modular-reactor",
  "url": "https://nuclearchain.net/smr/bwrx-300/",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "attribution": "NuclearChain (nuclearchain.net)"
}