By Rupert Reid for Sino.uk
The HPR1000 nuclear reactor is to start the process of gaining UK certification.
That's referred to as 'General Design Assesment' and is expected to take around four years to complete.
The HPR1000 Chinese designed reactor that will be built, pending certification, by a joint French/Chinese consortium at Bradwall in Essex, UK.
The consortium is made-up of EDF from France and China General Nuclear Power Corporation, who together have formed General Nuclear Services (GNS).
This development will form the first step of a broad investment by the Chinese and French firms in the UK nuclear power system.
An even larger project will be the new power station at Hinkley Point C, which will help to redress a looming power gap in the United Kingdom between the amount of power that the country consumes and the amount that it can produce for itself.
(Source: CRI Engilish)
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