GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy


GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy is a provider of advanced reactors and nuclear services. It is headquartered in Wilmington, North Carolina, United States. Established in June 2007, GEH is a global nuclear alliance created by General Electric and Hitachi. In Japan, the alliance is :ja:日立GEニュークリア・エナジー|Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy. In November 2015, Jay Wileman was appointed CEO.

History

The Advanced Boiling Water Reactor is the world's first operational Generation III Class advanced light water reactor design. The NRC has docketed GEH's petition for renewal of ABWR certification. The Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor, the Generation III+ Class design reactor, received a positive final safety evaluation report and final design approval in March 2011, and is expected to receive a license from the NRC by September 2011.
GEH's Power Reactor Innovative Small Modular is a Generation IV reactor that uses liquid sodium as a coolant.
In 2018 GEH agreed to collaborate with Holtec International on the commercialization of the Holtec SMR-160, a 160 MWe pressurized water reactor small modular reactor.
The BWRX-300 is a 300 MWe water-cooled, natural circulation small modular reactor based on the ESBWR, submitted for US NRC licencing in 2020.

Nuclear services

As nuclear plants get older and worldwide demand for energy increases, GEH offers services for adapting plant performance and power output as well as maintenance for extending plant life.

Fuel services

GEH’s fuel cycle business supplies fuel products and services to customers around the world. GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy owns the Morris Operation—the only de facto high-level radioactive waste storage site in the United States.