Nuclear Reactors

(asked on 23rd April 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Design Acceptance Certificate for the European Pressurised Reactor is renewable; and if he will make a statement.


This question was answered on 1st May 2018

A Design Acceptance Confirmation (DAC) completes the Generic Design Assessment (GDA) led by the UK’s independent regulators to assess non-site specific (i.e. generic) aspects of new reactor designs. GDA is not a statutory requirement of the nuclear licensing regime and any site specific elements of reactor design will be assessed by the Office for Nuclear Regulation as part of a site specific safety case ahead of any construction.

A Design Acceptance Confirmation (DAC) could in principle be renewed if it can be demonstrated that there had been no deviation from the generic safety and security provisions as described in the initial reference design documentation. However, DAC renewal is not mandated and it is noted that ONR expect to complete the assessment of the European Pressurised Reactor site-specific safety case for Hinkley Point C in 2018.

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