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GE Vernova Hitachi's BWRX-300 small modular reactor design appears suitable for construction in the UK, regulators have concluded following Step 2 of the Generic Design Assessment. The regulators said there are "no fundamental safety, security, safeguards or environmental protection shortfalls with the design that could prevent its deployment in Great Britain".

 

Six European nuclear regulators have completed the second phase of a joint early review of France's Nuward small modular reactor design.
 

The French Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection Authority has issued a favourable opinion on national radioactive waste management agency Andra's application for a licence to construct the Cigéo deep geological repository for radioactive waste.
 

The government has "only just begun when it comes to our ambitions for new nuclear in the UK", ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Secretary Ed Miliband told the Nuclear Industry Association's Nuclear 2025 conference in London. He said the government has plans for further reactors - both large and small - and has initiated a search for suitable sites.
 

Finland's Ministry of Employment and the Economy has granted the country's nuclear regulator a third extension to the deadline to complete its assessment of Posiva Oy's operating licence application for the world's first used nuclear fuel repository. The regulator's statement is now expected by mid-2026.
 

A series of "radical, root-cause solutions" is required to simplify the UK's nuclear regulatory system in order to speed up the construction of new nuclear projects at a lower cost and on time, an independent taskforce has concluded.
 

The Spanish government has forwarded Centrales Nucleares Almaraz-Trillo's request for an extension of the operating licence for the Almaraz nuclear power plant to the Nuclear Safety Council, which will advise on whether to grant the extension.
 

Aalo Atomics, developer of sodium-cooled small modular reactors, and Microsoft are collaborating on using artificial intelligence to "transform how complex energy systems are designed, approved, and built".
 

The continued operation of unit 2 at the Kori nuclear power plant until 2033 has been approved by South Korea's Nuclear Safety and Security Commission. The reactor has been offline since April 2023, when its original 40-year operating permit expired.