World first as GE Vernova completes Step 2 generic design assessment
Environment Agency
We’ve just announced that GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy is the first company in the world to successfully complete our two step generic design assessment (GDA) process.
Its BWRX-300 reactor design, a 300 megaWatt electrical (MWe) boiling water reactor, has been issued with a Step 2 statement. What does this mean and what have we said about this reactor design. Our lead nuclear assessor for this reactor Paula Atkin explains.
What’s a two step generic design assessment?
We created GDA back in.