The Alliance is a consortium of current and prospective nuclear plant owners and operators and includes cooperative, municipal and investor-owned electric service providers, as well as public enterprises to advance energy security.
Alliance members signed a memorandum of understanding that recognizes the importance of advancing nuclear energy in helping secure clean, safe and reliable electricity in the future by deploying the Westinghouse Small Modular Reactor (SMR).
Westinghouse and Alliance members are also collaborating with other utilities and enterprises considering NexStart SMR Alliance membership in order to support the deployment of a Westinghouse SMR at Ameren’s Callaway Energy Center in central Missouri.
The NexStart SMR Alliance will collaborate in supporting Westinghouse in its application to secure Department of Energy (DOE) SMR investment funds.
The investment fund application will be submitted to the DOE by mid-May 2012, and a final decision on awarding the investment funds by the DOE is expected in late summer of 2012.
The Westinghouse SMR is a 225MWe integral pressurized water reactor, with all primary components located inside of the reactor vessel.
Westinghouse, a group company of Toshiba Corp, is a nuclear energy company and a supplier of nuclear plant products and technologies to utilities across the globe.
