Generation III Reactor - Generation III+ Reactors

Generation III+ Reactors

Generation III+ designs offer significant improvements in safety and economics over Generation III advanced reactor designs certified by the NRC in the 1990s.

• Advanced CANDU Reactor (ACR-1000)
• AP1000 — based on the AP600 with increased power output. NRC certified Dec 2005.
• European Pressurized Reactor (EPR) — an evolutionary descendant of the Framatome N4 and Siemens Power Generation Division KONVOI reactors.
• Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor (ESBWR) — based on the ABWR
• APR-1400 — an advanced PWR design evolved from the U.S. System 80+, which is the basis for the Korean Next Generation Reactor or KNGR
• VVER-1200
  • V392M (PWR) — in design of AES-2006 with mainly passive safety features
  • V491 (PWR) — in design of AES-2006 with mainly active safety features, international sold as MIR.1200
  • V510 (PWR) — in design of AES-2010 (also referred to as WWER-TOI), based on V392M
• EU-ABWR — based on the ABWR with increased power output and compliance with EU safety standard.
• Advanced PWR (APWR) — 4th Generation of PWR from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries