In another step toward the UK developing more nuclear power capacity, an agreement was recently announced between Westinghouse and Community Nuclear Power, a private limited company in the UK.
The AP300 design was announced last year, and is a smaller version of the AP1000 Westinghouse plant that is already in service in China and the US. The AP300 will need to go through design acceptance in the UK, but the larger AP1000 has already been approved for use, so the SMR version should be able to be licensed.
More on the AP300, if you are interested.
- Pete