Britain approves China's nuclear power reactor

(ECNS) -- China's Hualong One, a domestically-developed third-generation nuclear power reactor, has been approved for use in Britain, according to a joint statement released on Monday by the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) of Britain and the country's Environment Agency.

The two departments have respectively issued a Design Acceptance Confirmation (DAC) and a Statement of Design Acceptability (SoDA) to Hualong One on the same day.

The China General Nuclear Power Corporation (CGN) and French state-owned power giant EDF signed deals with the British government in September 2016 on building three projects in Britain. The project based in Bradwell, Essex, is expected to use the Hualong One technology.