GDA Step 2 of the Rolls-Royce SMR: fundamental assessment
Fundamental assessment reports of the Generic Design Assessment (GDA) Step 2 for the Rolls-Royce 470 MWe Small Modular Reactor nuclear power station design.
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The Environment Agency, the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) and Natural Resources Wales (the regulators) have an assessment process which enables them to scrutinise new nuclear power station designs before they are built in the UK. This process is called Generic Design Assessment (GDA).
Step 1 of the聽Rolls-Royce SMR GDA聽formally began on 3 April 2022. The regulators completed Step 1 of the聽GDA聽and issued their Step 1 statement of findings聽on the Rolls-Royce聽SMR听诲别蝉颈驳苍.
Step 2 of the GDA began on 3 April 2023. The regulators completed Step 2 of the GDA and issued their Step 2 statements and assessment reports on the Rolls-Royce SMR design. The Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales statement is published here, along with the assessment report and a public summary of the report. A . ONR鈥檚 reports are published on the聽.
Any nuclear power station design company going through聽GDA聽is required to set up a public comments process. You can make a comment or ask a question and the design company will respond to you. Make a comment on the聽.
罢丑别听GDA聽process is described in the聽.
After Rolls-Royce SMR Limited began its GDA, the regulators carried out a minor update to this guidance but agreed that Rolls-Royce SMR Limited would continue to conduct its GDA against the 2019 version which was the version in effect at the time.
For any questions about these reports, email:聽[email protected].
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Added a link to versions of this report in Welsh.
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