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BWRX-300 UK GDA Step 2 Completed — Regulatory Milestone

Developer
GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy / ONR / Environment Agency
Capacity
300 MWe
Last updated
5/17/2026

Project overview

Reactor type
BWR
Announced
12/11/2025
Projected operational
12/31/2035

Notes

GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy's BWRX-300 completed Step 2 of the UK Generic Design Assessment on December 11, 2025 — with ONR, the Environment Agency, and Natural Resources Wales finding no fundamental safety, security, safeguard or environmental shortfalls with the BWRX-300 design. GVH country leader Andy Champ: "This is the fastest that any technology provider has completed steps 1 and 2, truly demonstrating the value of our progress in construction in Canada." Step 1 was completed December 2024 making the two-step completion under 12 months — the fastest GDA Step 1+2 in history.

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