Ap1000
This is the latest routine quarterly report on the progress of Generic Design Assessment (GDA) of the AP1000® and UK EPR™ reactors. It follows the issuing of interim design acceptance by ONR and the Environment Agency in December 2011.
Westinghouse Electric Company is delighted that the UK regulators – Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) and Environment Agency (EA) – have today granted Interim Design Acceptance Confirmation (IDAC) and Interim Statement of Design Acceptability (ISoDA) to the company’s AP1000® reactor design.
Westinghouse have announced an important Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with DBD Limited relating to the future development of the Westinghouse AP1000® reactor design in the UK.
The US Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) has concluded that changes proposed in the AP1000® Design Control Document (DCD) amendment, including those made in Revision 19, maintain the robustness of the previously certified design and that the revised design can be built and operated without undue risk to the health and safety of the [...]
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Westinghouse Electric Company received notification from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) that it is issuing its Final Safety Evaluation Report on the AP1000 pressurized water reactor (PWR) design in the current design certification amendment proceeding.
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Westinghouse today welcomed the announcement from the UK nuclear safety regulator that the “Regulatory Issue” connected with the design of the AP1000 has been lifted.
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Officials of Westinghouse Electric Company say they are disappointed that recent U.S. NRC statements regarding the discovery of new issues relating to the approval of design amendments for the AP1000® nuclear power plant are being misinterpreted and sensationalized.
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Nuclear Power Delivery UK announced today that Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) have been signed with three of the biggest names in the UK nuclear industry supply chain – BAE Systems, Doosan Power Systems and Rolls-Royce.
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Rolls-Royce today signed an agreement to collaborate with the Nuclear Power Delivery UK (NPD) consortium in its plans to deploy the Westinghouse AP1000™ nuclear reactor in the UK.
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Westinghouse Electric Company announced today that it has submitted the Design Certification Amendment application to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for its AP1000™ Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) design.
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