The Government should consider how it could reduce the GDA application timelines and the required resources through international collaborations between regulators, and should provide access to pre-engagement for new nuclear developers prior to Delivering nuclear power 107 entering the GDA. The ONR should examine ways to recognize, in whole or part, safety approvals for mature reactor designs granted by partner countries with similarly high standards to capitalise on work previously done.

The Government should consider how it could reduce the GDA application timelines and the required resources through international collaborations between regulators, and should provide access to pre-engagement for new nuclear developers prior to Delivering nuclear power 107 entering the GDA. The ONR should examine ways to recognize, in whole or part, safety approvals for mature reactor designs granted by partner countries with similarly high standards to capitalise on work previously done. Type: recommendation | Number: 50 | Paragraph: 250 | Response status: accepted Government response: In July 2023, the Government committed to consult in the autumn on alternative routes to market for new nuclear projects, in addition to the GBN led Technology Selection Process. energy in industrial decarbonisation as well as low-carbon heat and hydrogen production. The evidence received will help