Consultation outcome

GDA of Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy Ltd鈥檚 UK Advanced Boiling Water Reactor

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Detail of outcome

The Environment Agency, Natural Resources Wales and the Office for Nuclear Regulation have completed their Generic Design Assessment (GDA) of Hitachi-GE鈥檚 UK Advanced Boiling Water Reactor nuclear power station.

They concluded that it is capable of meeting high standards of safety, security and environment protection and is suitable for construction in the UK.

The Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales have considered all the responses they received during the consultation.

These documents explain the reasons for their decision and respond to the matters raised during consultation.

The Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales have also published 11 updated assessment reports and an independent dose assessment.

The regulators would like to thank everyone who responded to their consultation.

The Environment Agency commissioned and published an independent evaluation of the consultation after the completion of this GDA project.


Original consultation

Summary

We seek views on the environmental assessment of Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy Ltd鈥檚 UK Advanced Boiling Water Reactor.

This consultation was held on .

This consultation ran from
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Consultation description

The Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales are asking for your views on their environmental assessment of Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy Ltd鈥檚 UK Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (UK ABWR) nuclear power station design.

All the consultation documents are here on 188体育 but we encourage you to respond on the .

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Updates to this page

Published 12 December 2016
Last updated 25 June 2018 show all updates
  1. The Environment Agency has commissioned and published an independent evaluation of the consultation after the completion of this GDA project.

  2. The Environment Agency, Natural Resources Wales and the Office for Nuclear Regulation have completed their Generic Design Assessment of Hitachi-GE鈥檚 UK Advanced Boiling Water Reactor nuclear power station. We've published the summary decision document, decision document and statement of design acceptability.

  3. The Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales have published a collation of responses received to their consultation via the online e-consultation tool, email, post, national stakeholder event and local events near Wylfa Newydd and Oldbury. It does not contain the regulators鈥� response to the points raised by individuals or organisations, as these will be included in the final decision document.

  4. Consultation has opened. Added supporting documents.

  5. First published.

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