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Environment Agency seeks views on new nuclear power station design

Environment Agency seeks views on new nuclear power station design The Environment Agency has identified six ‘potential issues’ of the UK Hualong Pressurised Water Reactor The Environment Agency is seeking views on a new nuclear power station design. Bradwell Power Generation Company Limited, a joint subsidiary of China General Nuclear Group and EDF, is proposing to construct and operate the UK Hualong Pressurised Water Reactor (UK HPR1000) at Bradwell in Essex. The Environment Agency said it has been scrutinising the plans since 2017 and has identified six ‘potential issues’ and 40 assessment findings. The consultation will run until 4th April. Alan McGoff, New Reactors Programme Manager at the Environment Agency, said: “We’ll be carefully considering all of the consultation responses we receive and can use these to help inform our assessments.

UK HPR1000 design opened for public comment : Regulation & Safety

11 January 2021 Share The UK s Environment Agency (EA) has published its assessment so far of the UK Hualong One pressurised water reactor (UK HPR1000) as it invites public comment on this proposed new reactor design. The UK HPR1000 is the Hualong One design that General Nuclear Services (GNS) - a subsidiary of EDF and China General Nuclear (CGN) - proposes to use at a prospective new nuclear power plant in Bradwell, England. A rendering of the UK HPR1000 (Image: CGN) Alongside the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR), the EA assesses the acceptability of new nuclear power plant designs in a process called Generic Design Assessment. General Nuclear System Limited, acting for China General Nuclear Group and EDF, began submitting the UK HPR1000 design to both the EA and the ONR in September 2017. This followed a request from the government for regulators to begin a GDA of the design.

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