Hitachi’s plans to build up to six new nuclear reactors in the UK progressed today as ministers asked the Office for Nuclear Regulation and the Environment Agency to assess the design of their reactor.
Japanese firm Hitachi recently acquired Horizon Nuclear Power and plans to develop new nuclear reactors at Wylfa in Anglesey and Oldbury in Gloucestershire. A Generic Design Assessment (GDA) will now be carried out on the Advanced Boiling Water Reactor design proposed for the UK sites. The ABWR design is the only Generation III + reactor…
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