BWXT’s BANR Microreactor Chosen for Canadian Transportable Nuclear Power Plant Project
Key Highlights
- ➤BANR selected for Indigenous-owned Belledune TNPP pilot targeting early-2030s operation
- ➤Belledune project features up to 50 megawatts electric full-scale transportable plant
- ➤BANR produces 75 megawatts thermal, or 22 MWe, using TRISO fuel
- ➤Two BANR units and plant systems will be principally fabricated at BWXT Ontario facilities
- ➤BWXT and Prodigy are pursuing definitive agreements covering development, financing and deployment
Expert Statements
John MacQuarrie, President of Commercial Operations, BWXT
“The BWXT team is designing BANR to meet a variety of real-world heat and electricity demands that currently cannot be met without the use of carbon-emitting sources with complex fuel logistics”
John MacQuarrie, President of Commercial Operations, BWXT
“By joining forces with Prodigy and integrating BANR with Prodigy’s transportable platform design, we are truly expanding BWXT’s horizons for future customers while reinforcing Canada’s role at the forefront of innovative, deployable advanced nuclear energy solutions.”
Mathias Trojer, President and CEO, Prodigy Clean Energy
“BWXT’s BANR is a best-in-class advanced nuclear technology with a credible pathway to delivering the G7’s first commercially operating Transportable Nuclear Power Plant.”
Mathias Trojer, President and CEO, Prodigy Clean Energy
“This Canadian pilot will serve as the reference to deploy a BANR-TNPP fleet across Northern, industrial and global energy markets.”
John D’Angelo, President, Kinectrics
“We are supporting this Canadian-led program with the engineering depth, regulatory insight and proven delivery experience needed to advance Prodigy’s TNPPs to commercial implementation.”
John D’Angelo, President, Kinectrics
“We bring scale and trust to the project’s supply chain, combining decades of Canadian nuclear expertise with strong manufacturing capabilities, qualified facilities and skilled people with a demonstrated track record.”
Stephen Lecce, Ontario Energy Minister
“For more than 60 years, Ontario has been building a nuclear industry that is the envy of the world”
Stephen Lecce, Ontario Energy Minister
“Ontario is proud to back the next frontier of clean energy innovation through the Transportable Nuclear Power Plant project.”
Stephen Lecce, Ontario Energy Minister
“Just like Ontario’s small modular reactor project, the development of a Canadian-made Transportable Nuclear Power Plant represents the first commercially operating microreactor in the G7.”
Stephen Lecce, Ontario Energy Minister
“Ontario’s nuclear expansion plan will create 150,000 jobs, securing our position as a global leader in the development of next generation nuclear technology.”
BWXT’s BANR Microreactor Chosen for Canadian Transportable Nuclear Power Plant Project
BWX Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BWXT) announced today that Prodigy Clean Energy, Ltd., Pabineau First Nation and Eel River Bar First Nation have selected its BANR microreactor technology for a Transportable Nuclear Power Plant (TNPP) to be located in Belledune, New Brunswick.
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