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Atucha nuclear power plant SMR 1

Announced Argentina Small modular
Gross capacity
300MW

Atucha nuclear power plant SMR 1 is a small modular reactor unit at Atucha nuclear power plant in Argentina rated at 300 MW gross. It is announced. Commercial operation began 1 Jan 2030.

Specification
Reactor type small modular reactor
ModelACR-300
Size classSmall modular
Coolantnot disclosed
Moderatornot disclosed
Gross capacity300MW
Net capacity (reference)not disclosed
Net capacity (design)not disclosed
Thermal outputnot disclosed
Typical enrichmentnot disclosed
Ownership & location
SiteAtucha nuclear power plant
UnitSMR 1
CountryArgentina
Coordinates -33.9687, -59.2077
Fuel chain for this unit
Fuel form
not established for this unit's type
Enrichment
not established
Upstream

Enriched fuel means this unit sits downstream of five conversion plants and four enrichment operators holding 88% of world capacity between the top three.

RosatomUrencoCNNCOrano
Conversion
CamecoCNNCConverDynOranoRosatom
Fabricator capability is recorded against reactor type and model line, not against named units — utilities do not publish fuel contracts. See the fuel chain.

Timeline

  1. 1 Jan 2030Commercial operation

Other units at Atucha nuclear power plant

UnitStatusGross MW
Atucha nuclear power plant 1 Operating 362
Atucha nuclear power plant 2 Operating 745
Atucha nuclear power plant 3 Shelved 1,150
Atucha nuclear power plant SMR 2 Announced 300
Atucha nuclear power plant SMR 3 Announced 300
Atucha nuclear power plant SMR 4 Announced 300

Other ACR-300 units

4 units worldwide share this model designation.

UnitCountryStatusGross MW
Atucha nuclear power plant SMR 2 Argentina Announced 300
Atucha nuclear power plant SMR 3 Argentina Announced 300
Atucha nuclear power plant SMR 4 Argentina Announced 300

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