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What does ABWR mean?

Advanced Boiling Water Reactor: The latest design of one of the most common types of bwr. The UK ABWR is a generation iii+ reactor being developed and offered by hitachi ge nuclear energy as part of the Horizon project at Wylfa. For more information see http://www.hitachi-hgne-uk-abwr.co.uk/.

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The planning regime for nuclear new build in England and Wales

The planning regime for nuclear new build in England and Wales STOP PRESS: This Practice Note is currently under review. This Practice Note focuses on the planning regime for new nuclear build facilities. It covers the policy basis for the consenting of new nuclear plants, the appeal and judicial review processes and the implications for the nuclear planning regime of the UK’s exit from the EU. For information generally about nuclear licensing and regulation, see: Nuclear licensing and regulation—overview. Additional consents, such as licensing from the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR), are dealt with in Practice Note: Operating under a nuclear site licence. Planning policy Energy National Policy Statements The government's policy on major infrastructure projects is set out in a series of National Policy Statements (NPSs)—statutory documents published in accordance with the Planning Act 2008 (PA 2008). NPSs provide a framework for the Secretary of State when considering development consent applications for energy infrastructure projects of national significance. Between late 2009 and early 2010, the government...

The regulatory justification process for proposed new nuclear power stations in the UK

The regulatory justification process for proposed new nuclear power stations in the UK Before a nuclear power station can be built, its design must be assessed to find out if the social, economic or other benefits outweigh the health risks or other detriments associated with ionising radiation. This assessment process is known as Regulatory Justification. Brexit impact—Euratom and the UK Nuclear Sector As of 31 January 2020 (exit day), the UK ceased to be an EU Member State. 11 pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marked the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period. At this point in time (referred to in UK law as ‘IP completion day’), key transitional arrangements came to an end and significant changes began to take effect across the UK’s legal regime. The UK’s exit from the EU also meant the UK’s exit from Euratom. On 24 December 2020, the UK government announced it had agreed the EU-UK Trade and Co-operation Agreement (TCA), which is supplemented by a number of associated declarations and agreements...

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Hitachi scraps nuclear power station project

Hitachi has confirmed that it will end business operations on the Horizon Project which, would have seen nuclear power stations comprising of two units of UK advanced boiling water reactor be developed at Wylfa Newydd in Anglesey, North-West Wales. It was hoped that the Horizon Project would ‘develop Hitachi's nuclear business in the UK and contribute to the energy policy of the UK government, as well as maintaining the business foundation that supports the nuclear industry in Japan’. The project was initially suspended in January 2019 and will now no longer continue due to ‘economic rationality’ and the investment environment becoming ‘increasingly severe’ due to the impact of coronavirus (COVID-19).

Energy weekly highlights—21 December 2017

This week’s edition of Energy highlights includes the annual review of significant developments in energy law in 2017, and previews what is on the horizon for 2018. We also cover Ofgem’s consultation on proposals relating to the electricity system operator (ESO) regulatory and incentive framework, the Oil & Gas Authority’s consultation on its approach to assessing the satisfactory expected commercial return safeguard, as set out in the maximising economic recovery (MER) UK strategy, the BEIS consultation on proposed amendments to the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme, the coming into force of the Renewables Obligation (Amendment) (Energy Intensive Industries) Order 2017 and Ofgem guidance on the treatment of storage facilities in feed-in tariff (FIT) and Renewables Obligation (RO) frameworks.

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