John on June 28th, 2010

This builds on a discussion paper published in May 2009 and takes into account the feedback received from stakeholders. It sets out the outcomes that can be expected in June 2011, when we complete our assessment of the safety case of the designs.  

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John on February 12th, 2010

HSE has published the report for the Generic Design Assessment covering the period 1 October – 31 December 2009.

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John on February 12th, 2010

Engineering consultancies Frazer-Nash and Praxis have been awarded a contract to provide advice to HSE in its independent review of certain safety aspects of designs for the UK’s new generation of nuclear reactors. 

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John on December 1st, 2009

  The UK Regulators (HSE) published today the Step 3 report of the Generic Design Assessment (GDA*) of the EPR™ technology and reiterated their confidence that AREVA’s reactor can be suitable for construction on licensed sites.

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