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Rolls-Royce SMR earns second U.K. assessment
The small modular reactor design from Rolls-Royce has cleared step two of the United Kingdom’s generic design assessment (GDA) and is moving to the third and final step.
The company announced its progress and lauded “Rolls-Royce SMR’s position ahead of any other SMR in Europe” in a July 30 press release. Rolls-Royce SMR touts its ability to deliver new nuclear power based on proven technology, providing a “factory-built” power station to provide enough energy for a million homes for a 60-year stretch.
Guangdong Song (China Inst. Atomic Energy), Qingchuan Yang (Xi'an Jiaotong Univ.), Hongyi Yang (China Inst. Atomic Energy), Binbin Qiu (Xi'an Jiaotong Univ.), Huajin Yu, Mengmeng Liu (China Inst. Atomic Energy)
Transactions | Volume 120 | Number 1 | June 2019 | Pages 1081-1084