Rolls Royce mini nuclear reactor designs take step toward approval

By Daniel Gayne2023-04-04T12:07:00

Plans pass first stage of atomic regulator’s generic design assessment

Rolls-Royce’s design for a type of mini nuclear reactor that proponents say could be built more quickly and cheaply than a full-scale plant has passed the first step towards regulatory approval.

The Environment Agency, Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) and Natural Resources Wales, have announced that the firm’s proposals for a 470MW small modular reactor (SMR) will progress to the next stage of the generic design assessment (GDA).

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