Elementl Power, a US-based independent developer of utility-scale nuclear power projects, announced that it is pursuing development of a nuclear power plant with a planned capacity of up to 1.5 GW in Ohio.

Elementl has signed an early works agreement with GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy to use the company’s BWRX-300 small modular reactor (SMR) technology for the project, making it among the first new SMR projects in the US.

The nearly 700-acre (283-hectare) Meigs County property is situated along the Ohio River, approximately 100 miles southeast of Columbus. Elementl has agreed to buy the site from nonprofit wholesale power supplier American Municipal Power (AMP).