Mid-December saw the proposals for the two new nuclear reactor generic designs being granted interim acceptance by the independent nuclear safety, security and environment regulators.

The Office for Nuclear Regulation and the Environment Agency confirmed they are satisfied with how the designers of both Areva’s UK EPR and Westinghouse’s AP1000 reactors plan to resolve a number of remaining issues. Gaining approval for the generic designs is one part of a larger requirement placed on the designers and prospective operators of new power plants before any reactors can be built.

For both designs, the Office for Nuclear Regulation has issued interim Design Acceptance Confirmations (iDAC) and the Environment Agency has issued interim Statements of Design Acceptability (iSoDA).

Summaries of the reports can be found on the Office for Nuclear Regulation website here.

Full GDA reports from 2008 to present can be found here.

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