NUWARD draws on the full breadth of EDF Group’s expertise and its capacity for innovation to provide regions with a multi-energy platform capable of delivering competitive, decarbonised heat and electricity to industrial clusters, data centres and energy providers.
Sandro Baldi,
NUWARD Commercial Director
With NUWARD, EDF is leading the fight against climate change. We are helping our clients and partners build a resilient energy strategy. The simplicity and reliability of our NUWARD SMR solution will make safe and affordable nuclear power available anywhere in the world.
A competitive solution for producing low-carbon electricity – and much more
To meet climate challenges, global production of decarbonised electricity must increase sevenfold to support the growing electrification of uses and replace existing fossil-fuel power plants. Added to this is a major issue: the decarbonisation of heat, 70% of which still comes from fossil sources in Europe.
Today, nuclear energy is a key driver of decarbonisation, energy security and economic development. It is in this context that NUWARD SMR builds on the proven technology of the GEN III+ Pressurised Water Reactor (PWR) to deliver competitive, low-carbon electricity and heat.
Thanks to nuclear cogeneration, NUWARD will:
- Support the energy transition of regions, complementing renewables.
- Enable new applications: hydrogen production, district heating and seawater desalination.
A multi-energy platform, designed in Europe, for Europe and beyond
Thanks to its ability to cogenerate electricity and heat, NUWARD SMR is also designed to meet high energy-demand applications such as hydrogen production, district heating and seawater desalination.
NUWARD stands out in the SMR market with:
- A simple, modular and prefabricated product, with 60% of operations usually carried out on site moved to factory or workshop.
- A product deliverable within 4 years (48 months).
- A reactor with a thermal output of 1,150 MWth, convertible into up to 400 MWe and 115 MWth.
- A reactor that supplies competitive, stable, low-carbon electricity and heat.
- A product that addresses the technical, economic and environmental challenges of industrial clusters, data centres and high-energy consumers.
- A controlled fuel cycle with 96% recycling of spent fuel and a 25% reduction in natural uranium extraction, aiming to minimise the environmental impact of mining.