Office for Nuclear Development update – Generic
Design Assessment (GDA) of Hitachi-GE’s UK ABWR
For information, the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) and the
Environment Agency (EA) working with Natural Resources Wales (NRW) have
completed an initial high level assessment of Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy’s
UK-Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (UK ABWR) design and have moved to Step 3 of
the assessment process.
Full details on the GDA of new reactors is available on the joint regulators website.
You can also make a comment
about the UK ABWR design via Hitachi-GE’s website. Hitachi-GE will respond
to the comments and issues raised.