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GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy fact sheet ESBWR Elegantly Simple, Standardized, Flexible and Economical Benefits and Features of the ESBWR • Designed to be Simpler yet Safer than ever before GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy’s (GEH) next evolution of advanced — Residual heat transferred to the atmosphere Boiling Water Reactor (BWR) technology is the ESBWR. This — 11 systems eliminated from previous designs simplified design provides improved safety, excellent economics; better plant security, a broad seismic design envelope, and operational flexibility that increases plant availability. — 25 percent of pumps, valves, and motors eliminated from previous nuclear island designs • Passive design features, such as passive containment cooling, The ESBWR (Economic Simplified reduce the number of active systems, increasing safety Boiling Water Reactor) builds on a long line of proven GEH BWR reactors. ESBWR employs passive safety design features. It is a simplified reactor design, allowing faster construction and lower operating costs. • Incorporation of features used in operationally proven BWRs, including isolation condensers, natural circulation and debris-resistant fuel • Optimized construction schedule from standardized and modularized design • GEH offers an experienced team that is supply chain qualified, A GEH-designed Gen III+ reactor, with a reference construction schedule (first safety-related concrete to fuel load) of 44 months Design Certification process. The Design Control Document was docketed by the NRC in 2005, and the Referenced Combined Construction and Operating ESBWR Quick Facts The ESBWR design's core damage frequency at power of 1.7 x 10-8/year is the absolute lowest of any advanced reactor design available in the industry today License (COL) application was submitted in 2007. The ESBWR is designed to generate electricity while producing nearly zero greenhouse gas emissions during GEH is ready to support utilities operation. Compared to typical generation on the U.S. looking to build an ESBWR grid, the electricity produced by an ESBWR would avoid nuclear power plant, with a well- the emission of approximately 7.5 million metric tons of established global supply chain.

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fact sheet ESBWR 1. Reactor Pressure Vessel 14. RWCU/SDC Heat Exchangers 24. Fuel Transfer Machine Fine Motion Control Rod Drives 25. Spent Fuel Storage Pool Main Steam Isolation Valves 34. Moisture Separator Reheater 27. Main Control Room 17. Passive Containment Cooling System 28. Main Steam Lines Depressurization Valves 36. Direct Contact Feedwater Heater and Tank Lower Drywell Equipment Platform 19. Buffer Fuel Storage Pool BiMAC Core Catcher Horizontal Vents 31. Standby Liquid Control System Accumulator 22. Inclined Fuel Transfer Machine 11. Gravity Driven Cooling System 12. Hydraulic...

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