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US nuclear vendor Westinghouse is developing a smaller 300-MW version of the AP1000 nuclear reactor design being used in Georgia in a bid to meet what its executives said May 4 was a need for smaller generating units to supply power and offer non-power uses like hydrogen production.
Company officials announced the AP300 reactor design during a news conference, saying a single-reactor plant could be built for $1 billion in capital costs. The reactor is a pressurized water reactor that will borrow components from the AP1000 in an effort to avoid licensing and construction delays that affected the larger unit's deployment, Westinghouse executives said.