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The pilot phase of the joint early regulatory review of France's Nuward small modular reactor design has led to positive lessons for all sides, and three more European regulators are set to join the next phase, a meeting at the 67th International Atomic Energy Agency General Conference has been told.
A new joint report from World Nuclear Association, the Nuclear Energy Institute and the Canadian Nuclear Association proposes regulatory steps which can be taken to minimise the time and cost for large-scale deployment of a fleet of standardised reactor designs that are acceptable in multiple countries around the world.
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The International Atomic Energy Agency last year launched a new initiative aimed at accelerating the safe and secure deployment of advanced nuclear reactors, with a particular focus on small modular reactors. A plenary meeting of the Nuclear Harmonization Standardization Initiative has now been held to take stock of progress already achieved and to set priorities for the year to come.
The Western European Nuclear Regulators Association has set out the steps that industry must take to ensure the timely, harmonised licensing of small modular reactor and advanced modular reactor designs in Europe.