Westinghouse AP300 SMR application filed with UK regulator

The United Kingdom’s Department of Energy Security and Net Zero has signed off on Westinghouse’s AP300 small modular reactor earlier this month.
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High-Temperature neutron flux detectors for Generation IV reactors and SMRs

The United Kingdom’s Department of Energy Security and Net Zero has signed off on Westinghouse’s AP300 small modular reactor earlier this month.
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