Lead-cooled fast reactor

Westinghouse Program Awarded £10m From UK Government Advanced Modular Reactor Project

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Friday, July 10, 2020
Companies, Economy of the United States, Westinghouse, Lead-cooled fast reactor, LFR, Science and technology in the United States

LANCASHIRE, England, July 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Westinghouse Electric Company today announced their Lead-cooled Fast Reactor (LFR) program has successfully progressed to Phase 2 of the UK Government's Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy's (BEIS) Advanced Modular Reactor (AMR) Feasibility and Development project, receiving 10m ($12.5m) in funding from the BEIS Energy Innovation Portfolio.

Key Points: 
  • LANCASHIRE, England, July 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Westinghouse Electric Company today announced their Lead-cooled Fast Reactor (LFR) program has successfully progressed to Phase 2 of the UK Government's Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy's (BEIS) Advanced Modular Reactor (AMR) Feasibility and Development project, receiving 10m ($12.5m) in funding from the BEIS Energy Innovation Portfolio.
  • As part of Phase 2, Westinghouse, in collaboration with industry, research centres and academic partners, will utilise the funding to undertake applied research and development activities.
  • The award will be used to demonstrate LFR components and accelerate the development of high-temperature materials, advanced manufacturing technologies and modular construction strategies for the LFR.
  • "Our progression to Phase 2 builds on our eighty-year history in the UK as a Strategic National Asset," said Patrick Fragman, Westinghouse president and chief executive officer.

Westinghouse Program Awarded £10m From UK Government Advanced Modular Reactor Project

Retrieved on: 
Friday, July 10, 2020
Companies, Economy of the United States, Westinghouse, Lead-cooled fast reactor, LFR, Science and technology in the United States

LANCASHIRE, England, July 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Westinghouse Electric Company today announced their Lead-cooled Fast Reactor (LFR) program has successfully progressed to Phase 2 of the UK Government's Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy's (BEIS) Advanced Modular Reactor (AMR) Feasibility and Development project, receiving 10m ($12.5m) in funding from the BEIS Energy Innovation Portfolio.

Key Points: 
  • LANCASHIRE, England, July 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Westinghouse Electric Company today announced their Lead-cooled Fast Reactor (LFR) program has successfully progressed to Phase 2 of the UK Government's Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy's (BEIS) Advanced Modular Reactor (AMR) Feasibility and Development project, receiving 10m ($12.5m) in funding from the BEIS Energy Innovation Portfolio.
  • As part of Phase 2, Westinghouse, in collaboration with industry, research centres and academic partners, will utilise the funding to undertake applied research and development activities.
  • The award will be used to demonstrate LFR components and accelerate the development of high-temperature materials, advanced manufacturing technologies and modular construction strategies for the LFR.
  • "Our progression to Phase 2 builds on our eighty-year history in the UK as a Strategic National Asset," said Patrick Fragman, Westinghouse president and chief executive officer.