US-based engineering and construction company Burns & McDonnell has signed an agreement with BWX Technologies (BWXT) to further the design and development of microreactors that can provide thermal and electric power.
Burns & McDonnell said in a statement that the BWXT Advanced Nuclear Reactor (BANR) is a passively safe design that can power remote facilities such as those being evaluated by BWXT and the Wyoming Energy Authority while providing “economical, secure, carbon-free sources of heat and electricity”.
Burns & McDonnell will help BWXT develop the balance of the plant systems for the microreactor, produce the power plant layout and carry out preconstruction planning.