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Two steps forward for U.K. advanced nuclear
This week, two significant announcements have emerged from the United Kingdom’s advanced reactor sector.
On June 14, Rolls-Royce, the United Kingdom National Nuclear Laboratory, and the Japan Atomic Energy Agency announced that they had signed two trilateral memorandums of cooperation to collaborate on “advanced modular reactor (AMR) technology, specifically high-temperature gas-cooled reactors (HTGR), and the coated particle fuel these reactors will use.”
Separately, on June 16, Bellevue, Wash.–based TerraPower announced that its Natrium reactor design has been formally submitted for U.K. regulatory review. The company also announced the formation of a new subsidiary, TerraPower UK Ltd.
19th International Conference on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Analysis (PSA 2025)
Mr. Fleming is an internationally recognized expert in the development and application PRA technology. He was the 2021 recipient of the ANS Tommy Thompson Award for Lifetime Achievements to Nuclear Safety and was inducted into the National Academy of Engineering in 2020. Mr. Fleming is 2018 Fellow of the American Nuclear Society. He is a member of the ASME/ANS Joint Committee on Nuclear Risk Management, a co-author of the ASME/ANS PRA Standard, a principal author of the ASME/ANS PRA Standard for Advanced non-LWRs, and a principal contributor to the industry led Licensing Modernization Project. He started his career during the time of the Reactor Safety Study while performing the first PRA on High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactors at General Atomic, where he was responsible for developing the Beta Factor Method of common cause failure analysis and performing the first internal fire PRA.
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