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Five major companies have made key announcements on their plans to advance small modular reactor (SMR) deployment in the UK. While Rolls-Royce SMR shortlisted three sites for a factory to produce component for its planned SMR; Balfour Beatty and Holtec with Hyundai agreed to support plans for the construction of Holtec’s SMR-160; and GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) submitted a Generic Design Assessment (GDA) application for its BWRX-300 SMR to the UK Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS).
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 23 December 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newssmr-competition-heats-up-in-the-uk-10456556
The UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) and US Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) have completed the transfer of around 700kg of highly enriched uranium (HEU) from Dounreay, in northern Scotland, to the USA.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 08 May 2019
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsheu-removed-from-dounreay-to-usa-7195680
The UK, US, and EU have agreed to turn the UK's excess stockpile of highly enriched uranium (HEU) into medical isotopes to be used in cancer treatment, according to a 31 March statement by the UK Prime Minister's Office. The agreement was concluded in the framework of the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit in Washington.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 05 April 2016
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsuranium-swap-agreed-by-uk-us-and-eu-4857081