Industry accounts for nearly a quarter of global CO₂ emissions: chemicals, steelmaking, data centers… These sectors have considerable energy needs, in both electricity and high-temperature heat, which the current energy mix is far from fully covering with low-carbon sources.
HEXANA complements this mix with clean, safe, and dispatchable nuclear energy, to address a real need: decarbonizing where it is currently hardest to do so.
The HEXANA solution is a 4th-generation nuclear energy platform, designed for industrial cogeneration: combining high-temperature heat of up to 465°C and flexible electricity, with a near-zero carbon footprint (2 gCO₂eq/kWh). Modular and adaptable, it integrates directly with the needs of each industrial site to decarbonize efficiently and sustainably.
With over 70 years of operational experience, sodium-cooled fast neutron reactor technology is one of the most mature in the nuclear sector. Beyond energy production, it enables the closure of the nuclear fuel cycle, recovering value from fissile materials present in spent nuclear fuel, for a radically more sustainable management of nuclear resources.
HEXANA builds on these solid foundations to design a compact, modular energy platform (SMR), capable of simultaneously producing high-temperature heat and flexible electricity.
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