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The UK Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR), along with the Environment Agency (EA) and Natural Resources have started a Generic Design Assessment (GDA) for Holtec International’s SMR-300. The Department for Energy Security & Net Zero (DESNZ) made the request to the regulators following its readiness review of Holtec’s application. The review concluded that the design was ready to enter the GDA process.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 13 December 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsholtecs-smr-300-begins-uk-generic-design-assessment-11365459
GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) has submitted a Generic Design Assessment (GDA) entry application for its BWRX-300 small modular reactor (SMR) to the UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). Meanwhile, Holtec International said it intends to soon submit an application for its SMR-160 design.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 21 December 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Two-vendors-submit-SMR-designs-for-UK-assessment
The UK has opened for consultation its assessment of a new financing model aimed at reducing the cost of new nuclear power plant projects by having consumers pay upfront through their energy bills. A solution is needed urgently because nuclear energy is seen as a vital part of the government's commitment to cutting the country's carbon emissions to net zero by 2050. Seven of the UK’s eight existing nuclear plants are set to be retired by 2030.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 23 July 2019
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/UK-considers-Regulated-Asset-Base-model-to-finance
The UK has opened for consultation its assessment of a new financing model aimed at reducing the cost of new nuclear power plant projects by having consumers pay upfront through their energy bills. A solution is needed urgently because nuclear energy is seen as a vital part of the government's commitment to cutting the country's carbon emissions to net zero by 2050. Seven of the UK’s eight existing nuclear plants are set to be retired by 2030.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 23 July 2019
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/UK-considers-Regulated-Asset-Base-model-to-finance
In their latest quarterly report on the Generic Design Assessment (GDA) of new nuclear reactor designs, the UK’s Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR), Environment Agency, and Natural Resources Wales, offer updates on their GDA of the Westinghouse AP1000 and Hitachi-GE’s UK Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (UK ABWR). The report, for November 2016 to January 2017, also considers the start of the GDA of the UK HPR1000.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 23 March 2017
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsuk-gda-reports-good-progress-for-ap1000-and-uk-abwr-5770316
A UK parliamentary committee has called EDF Energy, and other energy companies planning to build reactors in the UK, to give evidence on the future of the nuclear industry at a special inquiry in London on 23 March. Angus MacNeil, chairman of the energy and climate change committee, said the government is counting on new nuclear to supply a significant proportion of the UK's low-carbon baseload power. "The focus right now is on Hinkley Point C, but there are other important projects in the pipeline. Serious questions are being raised about the cost and viability of the Hinkley project and the value for money for taxpayers," he said. The committee said it will hear from commentators who have raised concerns about financing nuclear projects.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 18 March 2016
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsuk-parliament-seeks-reassurance-on-nuclear-newbuild-4843207