EDF strongly believes Small Modular Reactors have the potential to play a crucial role as part of the global initiative to curb the impact of climate change.
While many countries set ambitious decarbonisation goals to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050, the EDF Group is expanding its range of nuclear reactors by investing on Small Modular Reactor (SMR) technology.
SMR aims to offer a sustainable solution to access baseload, dispatchable, affordable, and low carbon power generation.
Beyond electricity production, the SMR design is also being developed to meet other potential industrial needs such as:
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Hydrogen production
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Heat & electricity cogeneration
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District heating
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Water desalinisation
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Diagram showing the uses of the SMR
Clockwise from the Nuward SMR plant:
- District heating
- Industrial Zone
- Hydrogen production plant
- Desalinisation plant
- Renewable energies generation (for a carbon-free energy mix)
- Electricity grid
Electricity and heat generation network.
EDF together with NUWARD, its subsidiary created in 2023, are committed to developing a third generation SMR to replace coal-fired power plants, and to help industrial sector achieve carbon neutrality.
To address the needs expressed by the market timely and competitively, EDF’s SMR design will be based exclusively on proven technologies, aiming to maximise the technical feasibility of the reactor.
This orientation will provide better conditions for success by reducing risks, increasing constructability and operational competitiveness.