GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy has been awarded a GBP33.6 million (USD42.7 million) grant to support it in developing its BWRX-300 small modular reactor in the UK. The design will now enter the Generic Design Assessment process.
The UK's Office for Nuclear Regulation, along with the environment regulators for England and Wales, have been asked by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero to begin a Generic Design Assessment for Holtec International's SMR-300 small modular reactor design.
Rolls-Royce SMR Limited's 470 MWe small modular reactor design has successfully completed Step 1 of the UK's Generic Design Assessment process and progressed to the next phase.
UK Atomics - a subsidiary of Denmark's Copenhagen Atomics - has submitted a Generic Design Assessment entry application for its small and modular thorium molten salt reactor to the UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.
GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy has submitted a Generic Design Assessment entry application for its BWRX-300 small modular reactor to the UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. Meanwhile, Holtec International said it intends to soon submit an application for its SMR-160 design.