Estonia halves number of possible sites for its first nuclear power plant

Estonia is continuing preparations for its first nuclear power plant, which is to use BWRX-300 small modular reactors. Three of the six sites originally under consideration remain, as the country prepares the legislative and permitting framework for the construction of a new power source.

Estonia’s Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications announced that it will continue to assess only three sites for the first nuclear power plant: Madala, Malla and Letipea. All are on Estonia’s northern coast, near the town of Kunda, in Viru-Nigula municipality, approximately 120 kilometres east of Tallinn.

The decision on 9 November narrowed the original selection from six options to three. Fermi Energia plans to build two BWRX-300 small modular reactors (SMRs) from GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy at the future site, each with an electrical output of 300 MW.