The Belledune Port Authority (BPA) in Canada has teamed up with Cross River Infrastructure Partners, a U.S.-based project development company focusing on climate-positive technologies, to pursue the use of advanced small modular reactor (aSMR) technology.
The development proposes to use aSMR from ARC Clean Technology Canada (ARC) to generate a minimum of 1GW of zero-emission firm heat and power for industrial users at the port’s recently announced Green Energy Hub.
Small modular reactors are advanced nuclear reactors that have a power capacity of up to 300 MW(e) per unit, which is about one-third of the generating capacity of traditional nuclear power reactors.
As informed, the project would be part of the port’s future expansion at the northern New Brunswick port.
The Green Energy Hub is a special development district on the port lands intended for clean…