GDA acceptance formally triggers the process of assessing the design's acceptability for deployment and operation ahead of the technical and environmental evaluations required for site-specific licensing and permitting. The assessment is expected to take approximately three years and will be administered by the UK Office for Nuclear Regulation ("ONR"), the Environment Agency ("EA"), and Natural Resources Wales.

The submission builds on the Xe-100's U.S. licensing progress and is expected to benefit from expanded collaboration between the UK regulators and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ("NRC"), enabling transfer of NRC-reviewed design documentation and safety analyses into UK design reviews.

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