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Point Lepreau nuclear power plant SMR 2

Announced Canada
Gross capacity
300MW

Point Lepreau nuclear power plant SMR 2 is a molten salt reactor unit at Point Lepreau nuclear power plant in Canada rated at 300 MW gross. It is announced. Commercial operation began 1 Jan 2030.

Specification
Reactor type Molten salt reactor (MSR)
ModelSSR-W
Size classLarge
CoolantMolten fluoride or chloride salt
ModeratorGraphite, or none in fast-spectrum designs
Gross capacity300MW
Net capacity (reference)not disclosed
Net capacity (design)not disclosed
Thermal outputnot disclosed
Typical enrichment5–20% U-235, often HALEU
Ownership & location
SitePoint Lepreau nuclear power plant
UnitSMR 2
CountryCanada
OwnerGovernment of New Brunswick
NB Power
OperatorNB Power
Coordinates 45.0686, -66.4543
Fuel chain for this unit
Fuel form
Fuel dissolved in the salt, or TRISO in a salt coolant
Enrichment
5–20% U-235, often HALEU HALEU dependency
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

This design needs HALEU — enrichment above 5%. Western production is currently measured in hundreds of kilograms a year.

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Fabricator capability is recorded against reactor type and model line, not against named units — utilities do not publish fuel contracts.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 Point Lepreau nuclear power plant

UnitStatusGross MW
Point Lepreau nuclear power plant 1 Operating 705
Point Lepreau nuclear power plant 2 Cancelled 1,100
Point Lepreau nuclear power plant SMR 1 Pre-construction 100

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