The International Atomic Energy Agency is leading a drive for the increased harmonisation of regulatory activities and the standardisation of industrial approaches as the nuclear industry bids to accelerate the deployment of advanced nuclear reactors.
The agency said senior nuclear regulators and industry leaders met for the first time under its nuclear harmonisation and standardisation Initiative to discuss “roadmaps to accelerate the safe and secure deployment of advanced nuclear reactors, with a particular focus on small modular reactors”.
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