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GDA: Hitachi GE UK ABWR new nuclear power station design

Documents about the Generic Design Assessment (GDA) of Hitachi GE's UK Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (ABWR) new nuclear power station design.

• From: Environment Agency
• Published: 1 November 2019

In December 2017 the Environment Agency, Office for Nuclear Regulation and Natural Resources Wales completed their GDA of Hitachi GE’s UK ABWR nuclear power station design. They concluded that the design would be acceptable if built in the UK.

This collection brings together the Environment Agency’s documents from the different stages of the GDA assessment.

Statement of Design Acceptability, decision and consultation

Documents from the consultation and final decision, including the:

• Statement of Design Acceptability
• Decision Document
• evaluation of the consultation and engagement
• consultation responses
• consultation document

• GDA of Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy Ltd’s UK Advanced Boiling Water Reactor
  • 25 June 2018
  • Consultation outcome

Assessment reports

• GDA of Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy Ltd’s UK Advanced Boiling Water Reactor: final assessment reports
  • 14 December 2017
  • Research and analysis
• GDA of Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy Ltd’s UK Advanced Boiling Water Reactor: Assessment reports
  • 12 December 2016
  • Research and analysis
• New nuclear power stations: assessment of Hitachi-GE’s UK ABWR design
  • 28 August 2014
  • Corporate report

Research and analysis

Information the Environment Agency has collected about discharges and disposals of radioactive waste from ABWRs used in nuclear power stations around the world.

The report also provides an analysis of the data collected.

• Discharges from boiling water reactors: review of discharge data
  • 20 July 2016
  • Research and analysis

Published 1 November 2019