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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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Advanced Reactors — ANS-35-2026
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Assuring U.S. Global Nuclear Leadership — ANS-83-2021
Clearance of Solid Materials from Nuclear Facilities — ANS-50-2023
Creation of an Independent Entity to Manage U.S. Used Nuclear Fuel — ANS-22-2015
Decommissioning of Nuclear Power Reactors — ANS-13-2025
Disposal of Low-Level Radioactive Waste — ANS-11-2017
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Diversity in the Nuclear Profession — ANS-66-2018
Domestic Production of Stable and Radioactive Isotopes — ANS-30-2022
Education, Training, and Workforce Development for Nuclear Science, Engineering, and Technology — ANS-85-2024
Fusion Energy — ANS-12-2024
Health Effects of Low-Level Radiation — ANS-41-2020
Interim Storage of Used or Spent Nuclear Fuel — ANS-76-2017
Licensing of Yucca Mountain as a Geological Repository for Radioactive Wastes — ANS-80-2017
Management of Surplus U.S. Nuclear Material — ANS-47-2026
Management of the Nation's Used Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Waste — ANS-3-2023
Nonproliferation — ANS-55-2023
Nuclear Energy's Role in Climate Change Policy — ANS-44-2022
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Nuclear Fuel Recycling — ANS-45-2014
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission — ANS-77-2022
Nuclear Technology's Critical Role In The World's Future Energy Supply — ANS-43-2019
Price-Anderson Act — ANS-54-2024
Risk-Informed and Performance-Based Regulations for Nuclear Power Plants — ANS-46-2017
Safeguards and Security for Advanced Reactors Using HALEU — ANS-84-2023
Safety of Nuclear Power — ANS-51-2021
Small Modular Reactors — ANS-25-2020
Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion Systems — ANS-40-2024
Transportation of Radioactive Materials — ANS-18-2021
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U.S. Commercial Nuclear Power Plants: A Vital National Asset — ANS-26-2017
The Use of Highly Enriched Uranium for the Production of Medical Isotopes — ANS-72-2022
The Use of Thorium as Nuclear Fuel — ANS-78-2020
