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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.
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1958: Graduated in Mechanical Engineering from Imperial College, London.
1964: Received doctorate in Nuclear Engineering from MIT. Joined General Electric Company.
1967: Assigned by GE to study use of probability in nuclear power plant safety.
1969: Author of 2 Proprietary GE reports and paper in ANS Transactions on safety goals and probabilistic analysis of NPPs.
1974: NRC’s Office of Research. Lead revision of RSS consequence model, Appendix VI of WASH -1400.
1979-1990: EPRI. Organized Risk Assessment Program, which managed research supporting L1 and L2 PRAs, including seismic.
1999-2023: Member of ASME/ANS Joint Committee on Nuclear Risk Management.
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