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UK company Rolls-Royce SMR has visited the sites of the decommissioned Oldbury and Berkeley NPP reactors in Gloucestershire (southwest UK) for talks with stakeholders from communities around the plants. The two unit Berkeley NPP was closed in 1988-89, and the two unit Oldbury plant in 2011-12, and are now the responsibility of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA).

Source: NEI Magazine
Date: Wednesday, 18 January 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsrolls-royce-visits-two-potential-uk-sites-for-its-first-smrs-10523038

‘Mission Zero’ report calls for ‘clear roadmap’ this year and siting strategy by 2024 The two EPR plants at Hinkley Point C are the only nuclear units under construction in the UK. Courtesy EDF Energy. The UK needs to “double down” on achieving its nuclear baseload requirement by fast-tracking a pipeline of “no-regrets” plans including new nuclear technologies and small modular reactors if it is to meet its net zero carbon emission targets, according to an independent review set up to assess the UK’s decarbonisation plans.

The need for fast-tracked schemes is one of 129 recommendations made by former energy minister Chris Skidmore in his government-ordered net zero review titled Mission Zero.

The report calls for a “clear roadmap in 2023” for reaching final investment decision on new nuclear plants in the next parliament. It urges the government to ensure funding is in place and plans for a technology selection process confirmed.

As part of the roadmap, the government should deliver on siting strategy by 2024.

The report calls for the formation of Great British Nuclear (GBN) to be “expedited in early 2023” so that a “clear roadmap” of future schemes can be developed this year to tackle “rising power demand”.

Source: Nucnet
Date: Wednesday, 18 January 2023
Original article: nucnet.org/news/government-must-double-down-on-nuclear-plans-with-new-reactor-technologies-and-smrs-1-2-2023

The UK is to invest GBP679 million (USD815 million) and become a 50% partner with EDF in the Sizewell C nuclear project. The money "allows for China General Nuclear's exit from the project, including buy-out costs, any tax due and commercial arrangements".

Source: World Nuclear News
Date: Wednesday, 30 November 2022
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/UK-government-takes-50-stake,-gives-go-ahead-for-S

Rolls-Royce SMR, supported by the UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA), has completed a siting assessment review into potential options for deploying Rolls-Royce SMR power stations.

Source: NEI Magazine
Date: Friday, 11 November 2022
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsrolls-royce-smr-prioritises-four-nda-sites-for-new-nuclear-10284448

Greg Hands says country’s opposition is ‘great pity’ Two units at Hunterston B were shut down in November 2021 and January 2022. Courtesy EDF Energy. The Scottish government has rejected UK energy minister Greg Hands’ plea to “rethink” its stance on new nuclear power stations in Scotland.

The minister said it is a “great pity” Scotland has opposed the construction of any nuclear plants amid the cost of living crisis in the UK and that he would be willing to sit down with first minister Nicola Sturgeon and Scottish energy secretary Michael Matheson to hear their concerns.

It has been a longstanding Scottish government and Scottish National Party policy to oppose nuclear, with the focus instead on the just transition to renewables. Until recently Scotland had four commercial nuclear reactors at two sites – Hunterston B and Torness.

The two Hunterston B units were shut down in November 2021 and January 2022, while the remaining two units at Torness are due to close in 2028, two years earlier than originally planned.

Source: Nucnet
Date: Friday, 15 July 2022
Original article: nucnet.org/news/government-rejects-minister-s-plea-to-change-stance-on-nuclear-7-4-2022

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