Security & Safety

UK Regulator Highlights ‘Significant Progress’ On AP1000 GDA

By David Dalton
22 May 2015

22 May (NucNet): Westinghouse has invested significant time, resources and effort to address regulatory issues, and has made significant progress with the generic design assessment (GDA) for the AP1000 in the UK, the UK’s joint regulators have said. The Office for Nuclear Regulation and the Environment Agency said in a quarterly report on the GDA process that Westinghouse’s approach over January 2015 was “a marked shift in pace” and Westinghouse was able to deliver credible resolution plans across all of the GDA issues with associated schedules. The AP1000 GDA should be complete in January 2017, the regulators said. “However there are several GDA Issues that will require “sustained and enhanced attention” from Westinghouse, and right first-time delivery. The quarterly report is online: http://bit.ly/1FHtDxJ

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