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Fueling today and tomorrow
Industry-recognized BWR fuel configuration and next-generation innovation
Our engineering excellence in fuel design, enhancement, and analysis is recognized with dozens of patents, awards, and honors. Today, we provide three standard BWR fuel configurations, GNF2, GNF3, and GNF4, that support operating reactors worldwide, with GNF2 bringing proven performance to the BWRX‑300 SMR.
Nuclear fuel
Innovating and pursuing advanced nuclear fuel technologies
GE Vernova Hitachi’s advanced fuel technologies enhance overall nuclear fuel safety while enlarging the design space, saving operation and maintenance (O&M) costs, and offering better overall performance during both normal operation and transient/accident conditions.
GVH fuel innovations
- Armor-coated Zirconium cladding to increase safety
- Increased enrichment and higher burnup (enabling advanced designs)
- Development of licensing, factory, transport, and engineering methods to process enrichment up to 8%
Facilities
Explore GVH fuel manufacturing sites
Dedicated in 1969, our Wilmington fuel manufacturing operation has helped our North American customers power industries and light millions of homes with safer, more reliable nuclear power.
Wilmington: Nuclear fuel manufacturing facility
Also home to GVH’s global headquarters, our Wilmington site is nestled on more than 1,500 acres.
The Wilmington facility has a highly skilled workforce that produces Zircaloy components, uranium dioxide powder and pellets, and fuel assemblies for the boiling water reactor and advanced reactor markets.
Kurihama: Nuclear fuel manufacturing facility
Since 1970, GE has helped our Japanese customers fuel the nuclear industry from our facility in Kurihama, Japan.
Over the past several decades, the area around the plant has transitioned from primarily farmland to a diverse, industrial, mixed-use community with the plant as an important economic engine for the area and region.
Nuclear fuel
Explore our GNF2, GNF3, and GNF4 fuel offerings, proven BWR fuel solutions supporting operating boiling water reactors and next-generation advanced reactors. Learn how each configuration helps deliver enhanced performance, reliability, and flexibility.
Beyond fuel
Fuel-related products
Additionally, we have developed a suite of related products to support our customers’ needs. From damage-resistant core channels to core monitoring/prediction software, we offer a complete line of nuclear plant solutions.
NSF Channels
The fuel channels on all GVH BWR fuel assemblies are made of a proprietary Zirconium alloy containing 1.0% Niobium (Nb), 1.0% tin (Sn), and 0.35% iron (Fe).
ACUMEN™
The ACUMEN core monitoring and prediction system monitors and predicts fuel performance based on neutron instrumentation inputs. It provides the data needed to enhance reactor performance.
ACUMEN features a Microsoft Windows-based user interface which provides increased control, availability, and flexibility. It is user-configurable, which facilitates workspace optimization, customization, and efficiency. Additionally, ACUMEN is configured to help ensure cybersecurity for nuclear facilities.
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