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Design Certification Application Review - Economic Simplified Boiling-Water Reactor (ESBWR)

ESBWR
Who:   GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH)
What:   Application for a Standard Design Certification for the Economic Simplified Boiling-Water Reactor (ESBWR), a 4,500 MWt reactor, which uses natural circulation for normal operation and has passive safety features.
When:   GEH submitted the Standard Design Certification on August 24, 2005. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) accepted the application for docketing on December 1, 2005.
Where:   See our map showing locations of projected new nuclear power reactors.

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For information on the combined license (COL) application referencing the ESBWR design, please see the Combined License Applications for New Reactors.

Contacts for ESBWR Design Certification
Lead Project Manager David Misenhimer
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