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How the Environment Agency is assessing new nuclear power station designs

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EA employee Andy Pynn talking to Holtec employee in a nuclear manufacturing centre

As the UK government takes forward its plans for a low carbon future, the regulators of the nuclear industry, the Environment Agency, Office for Nuclear Regulation and Natural Resources Wales are currently assessing three new nuclear reactor designs. Teams of …

Ensuring nuclear reactor designs meet high standards of environmental protection

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The Environment Agency’s New Reactors Assessment Team is carrying out assessments of three small modular reactor nuclear power station designs. Andrew Pynn, Senior Advisor for the project, summarises what we have been doing on two of the projects and why. …