UK To Start Approval Process For Rolls-Royce SMR Rolls-Royce SMR Ltd has submitted its 470-MW small modular reactor (SMR) design for entry to the UK’s Generic Design Assessment (GDA) regulatory process, run jointly by the Office for Nuclear Regulation, Natural Resources Wales and the Environment Agency. The three regulators can now begin their formal review…
Fusion Energy Record At Joint European Torus In The UK A major breakthrough in nuclear fusion energy output! Researchers at the Joint European Torus (JET) in the UK doubled previous records by producing a total of 59 megajoules of heat energy from fusion over a five second period. The JET is the largest and most…
Nuclear To Play A Significant Role In The UK Net Zero Strategy The UK government published on 19 October 2021 its Net Zero Strategy, presenting how the country will deliver on its commitment to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. New nuclear projects play a crucial role in this strategy, which includes an investment of…
UK To Explore The Potential Of High Temperature Gas Reactors (HTGRs) The UK’s plan to have the latest nuclear technology up and running within the next decade has moved a step closer with publication of a call for evidence which sets out the government’s suggested approach to building the first advanced small modular reactor demonstrator. The government…
A Major Milestone Achieved at Hinkley Point C-2 Construction of the second reactor at Hinkley Point C passed a major milestone with the lifting of the first part of the massive steel containment liner. Lifted by the world’s largest crane Big Carl, just nine months after the same lift for the first reactor, construction of…
NDA Announced a Partnership With the Nuclear Institute YGN The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) launched a year-long partnership with the Nuclear Institute’s Young Generation Network (YGN), aimed at inspiring and supporting young people in the nuclear industry. It marks the first-ever YGN Industrial Partnership – meaning the NDA and its group of companies will actively…
EDF to Restart Hunterston B Nuclear Power Station EDF has received approval from Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) to start generating low carbon power again from one of the reactors at Hunterston B power station in Scotland. This follows a major, two-year inspection and investment programme to prove that the station can respond safely to…
Framatome To Provide Field Instrumentation To Hinkley Point C French nuclear company Framatome signed a contract with Hinkley Point C to supply conventional field instrumentation for the two UK EPRs under construction at the nuclear power station located in England. Approximately 10,000 instruments will monitor and measure temperature, flow, pressure, and level under all operating…
Virtual Modelling Expertise To Keep Nuclear Projects On Track Virtual modelling expertise as a key in overcoming project delivery challenges posed by the COVID-19 crisis. This is the core of the new collaboration between the UK shipyard and maritime engineering company Cammell Laird and the University of Liverpool. Cammell Laird has called upon experts at…
Cooperation to Support UK Nuclear Engineering Projects Edvance UK, the UK branch of Edvance, the French nuclear power plant reactor engineering entity co-owned by EDF and Framatome, and Assystem, the world’s second-largest engineering company, has agreed to a transition contract. The contract will see Assystem UK provide engineering services and support on a number of…