The government has set out its suggested approach for constructing the UK’s first Advanced Modular Reactor (AMR) demonstrator today, bolstering its ambition for the next generation of small nuclear power plants to be up and running within the next decade.
As part of a call for evidence launched today today, the government said it was looking to explore High Temperature Gas Reactors (HTGRs) as “the most promising model” for the AMR demonstrator programme, in which it is ploughing £170m investment towards to deliver the first facilities by the early 2030s.
AMRs are typically smaller than conventional nuclear power stations, offering …
