Generic design assessment of the UK HPR1000 reactor
Detail of outcome
The Environment Agency and the Office for Nuclear Regulation have completed their Generic Design Assessment (GDA) of the UK HPR1000 nuclear power station.
They concluded that it is capable of meeting high standards of safety, security and environmental protection and is suitable for construction in the UK.
See the final decision documents which explain the reasons for their decision. They also provide responses to the matters raised during consultation. The 8 updated assessment reports are part of this group of final decision documents.
The regulators would like to thank everyone who responded to their consultation.
Feedback received
Detail of feedback received
We received 52 responses:
- 18 from organisations
- 34 from individuals
We have published the responses without editing them, where we were given permission to do so.
As a result of the points raised we may amend our preliminary conclusions. And if so, we will update our assessment reports.
For points raised outside of our responsibilities, we will pass a copy of the consultation response document to the appropriate organisation for their consideration.
The consultation response document does not contain our response to the points raised. This will be in the final decision document.
Original consultation
Consultation description
The Environment Agency has completed its preliminary conclusions following detailed assessment of the environmental aspects of the UK HPR1000 new nuclear power station design.
We want your views on this assessment. Read the assessment reports along with the consultation document.
Please respond using our e-consultation tool if you can.
If you need a different document format, email [email protected].
Documents
Updates to this page
Published 11 January 2021Last updated 7 February 2022 + show all updates
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Updated the consultation outcome to reflect that the Environment Agency and the Office for Nuclear Regulation have completed their Generic Design Assessment (GDA) of the UK HPR1000 nuclear power station. They concluded that it is capable of meeting high standards of safety, security and environmental protection and is suitable for construction in the UK. Published version 2 of the Independent dose assessment of General Nuclear System’s UK HPR1000 which includes minor amendments of clarification.
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We have published our Consultation response document.
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First published.