How much will it cost to build a NuScale power plant?
The NuScale design has a number of economic advantages. It is modular and the components can be manufactured and fabricated at a number of facilities that already exist in the U.S. Many of the major components also use existing off-the-shelf designs. Modular components can be made off site, then shipped and installed on site, lowering costs and construction times. Modular design also enables manufacturing in volume to keep costs low. NuScale plants also are scalable allowing multiple 45 MWe modules to operate within a single facility. Once the basic plant infrastructure is in place, new power production modules can be added and put into operation while existing modules continue to operate. The benefits resulting from volume manufacturing, shorter lead and construction times and the ability to add capacity as needed, are major advantages of the NuScale design.
