Kevin Allars, Director of New Build GDA at the HSE, and Joe McHugh, Head of Radioactive Substances Regulation at the Environment Agency, have today published the fourth Quarterly Report for 2009 (October – December).  This provides an update on our work to assess new nuclear power station designs.

In summary, good progress continues on the assessment, but many technical issues remain open and the successful clearance of these will require high quality and timely information from the Requesting Parties (RPs).

View Fourth GDA Quarterly Report for 2009

Press release

Westinghouse Electric Company will team with a consortium of The Shaw Group (NYSE: SHAW) and the U.K. construction firm Laing O’Rourke as the constructor for the pursuit of new nuclear plant business in the United Kingdom. Read it all..

Press Release

London, UK, 2 December 2009 — Malcolm Wicks MP, Prime Minister’s Special Representative on International Energy Issues; former Minister of State for Energy has agreed to present the case for a new generation of nuclear reactors in the context of the challenges that face the UK and the global community. 

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Press Release

Interim assessment reports for two nuclear power station designs being considered for construction in the UK have been made public.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published the reports on Step 3 of its Generic Design Assessment of the designs put forward by EDF/AREVA and Westinghouse. Read it all..

Press Release

Support services and Construction Company Carillion has signed a major Collaboration Agreement with French company Eiffage to deliver new nuclear power stations in the United Kingdom.
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NDA Press release

The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) is pleased to announce that today, following a period of market engagement and negotiation with interested parties, it has sold an area of land comprising 190 ha (470 acres) lying to the north of the existing site at Sellafield in Cumbria for a value of at least £70 million. The winning consortium comprises Iberdrola S.A, GdF Suez S.A and Scottish and Southern Energy plc. Read it all..

Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, today announced plans to collaborate with EDF Energy, the UK business of the French utility group, on programmes that will initially support the construction of four new nuclear power plants in the UK. Read it all..

EDF and AREVA have applied for generic design acceptance for the EPR from the UK regulatory authorities.
The UK EPR design is based on the Flamanville EPR (FA3) plant being built in France.   Read it all..

As the National Policy Statement approaches, now is a critical time for all the organisations involved in new nuclear to come together and discuss their role in the future of the UK nuclear industry. Read it all..

The AP1000 pressurised water reactor is currently being assessed by the UK’s Nuclear Regulators (the Health and Safety Executive and the Environment Agency) under their Generic design assessment process (GDA). This assessment is due to be completed by June 2011. Read it all..