Westinghouse Electric has submitted a pre-application regulatory engagement plan with the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for its AP300 small modular reactor as it aims for design certification of the “game-changing” technology by 2027.
Westinghouse unveiled the mid-sized AP300 plant earlier this month and said it could be under construction at a cost of $1bn per unit by the end of the decade.
The engagement plan outlines the pre-application activities Westinghouse will have with NRC staff to support the AP300 SMR licensing.