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The UK and South Korea have signed a joint declaration stating their agreement on the need for energy transition from fossil fuels to low-carbon power sources, prospects for South Korea's participation in new UK nuclear power plant projects and the two countries' exchanges and cooperation in offshore wind power, hydrogen and other clean energy areas.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 12 April 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/South-Korea,-UK-enhance-cooperation-in-nuclear-ene
The UK government should urgently launch a fully-funded Great British Nuclear (GBN) programme to tackle the country's energy crisis, according to an open letter to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak from a trade union, nuclear industry representatives and a group of politicians.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 31 January 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Call-for-prompt-launch-of-Great-British-Nuclear
UK Atomics - a subsidiary of Denmark's Copenhagen Atomics - has submitted a Generic Design Assessment (GDA) entry application for its small and modular thorium molten salt reactor to the UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 06 January 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Copenhagen-Atomics-puts-forward-SMR-design-for-UK
The UK government's funding of GBP60 million (USD 74m) for research into High Temperature Gas Reactors, a type of Advanced Modular Reactor (AMR), aims to help get a demonstration project up and running by the end of the decade.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 14 December 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/UK-government-unveils-GBP60-million-for-HTGR-resea
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
The application for the construction of Sizewell C power plant in Suffolk, in the east of England, has been granted development consent by the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Kwasi Kwarteng.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 21 July 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/UK-government-approves-Sizewell-C-nuclear-power-pl
A decision on whether to approve plans to build the proposed Sizewell C nuclear power plant has been delayed to 20 July - the announcement came the day before the original deadline.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 09 July 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/UK-government-delays-Sizewell-C-decision-again
The British government has published documents which show "significant progress" towards implementing a Regulated Asset Base (RAB) funding model for new nuclear power projects. It has set out its case for the Sizewell C project to receive funding under the model and launched a consultation on how projects would receive RAB financing.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 15 June 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/UK-government-confirms-Sizewell-C-eligible-for-RAB
The UK government has announced the launch of GBP120 million (USD146 million) in funding to support development of new nuclear energy projects, stimulate competition in the industry and unlock investment across the UK. The Future Nuclear Enabling Fund (FNEF) will help to realise the government's ambition to approve eight new reactors by 2030.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 14 May 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/UK-launches-funding-to-encourage-nuclear-new-build
Using Electron Beam Welding (EBW), the company weld-joined two 200mm-thick, 3-metre diameter vessel sections in UK small modular reactor nuclear grade steel, describing it as a breakthrough in the industrialisation of EBW for thick-section materials.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 31 March 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Sheffield-Forgemasters-claim-welding-breakthrough