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Paul Stein, chief technology officer for Rolls-Royce, told the BBC today the British engineering firm has a target of 2029 for commissioning small modular reactors (SMRs) in the UK. The ambition is part of the country's aim to achieve net zero by 2050, initially using former nuclear power sites in Cumbria and Wales.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 25 January 2020
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Rolls-Royce-sees-SMRs-on-UK-grid-by-2029
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has provided initial match funding to the consortium of companies designing a new type of nuclear power station in the UK. Rolls-Royce and its partners have said a UK small modular reactor (SMR) programme could contribute GBP100 billion (USD128 billion) to the UK economy and open up a global export market.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 08 November 2019
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/UK-confirms-funding-for-Rolls-Royce-SMR
French nuclear vendor Areva has signed an industrial cooperation agreement with Rolls-Royce plc covering the manufacture of components for new nuclear power plants and other nuclear projects in the United Kingdom and beyond.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 11 March 2011
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsareva-signs-up-rolls-royce-for-epr