Canada’s Belledune Port Authority (BPA) is working with US-based infrastructure company Cross River Infrastructure Partners to pursue the use of advanced small modular reactor technology as part of a future expansion at the northern New Brunswick port, eastern Canada.
BPA is planning to use an SMR from New Brunswick-based reactor developer ARC Clean Technology, formerly known as ARC Clean Energy, to generate a minimum of 100 MW of zero-emission firm heat and power for industrial users at the port’s recently announced Green Energy Hub.
ARC says its 100-MW SMR can produce electricity and industrial heat that is cost competitive with fossil fuels. A first unit at the Green Energy Hub could be in commercial operation between 2030 and 2035.
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