Mini Nuclear Reactors to Be Built by Sheffield Forgemasters

  • Vessel head to be build in Northern England by end of 2017
  • Program funded by U.K. government and Fluor’s NuScale Power

Forgemasters International Ltd, in Sheffield.

Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg
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Britain’s ambition to build small modular nuclear plants took a step forward as the nation’s last independent steelmaker said it will work with Fluor Corp.’s NuScale Power to make components.

Sheffield Forgemasters International Ltd. will forge a large civil nuclear reactor vessel head by the end of 2017. It’s part of a 4 million-pound ($5.17 million) program funded by the government-backed Innovate U.K. agency, according to a statement.