Rolls Royce Makes Shortlist for UK’s New Mini Nuclear Plants
- Rolls Royce, GE-Hitachi among firms chosen for next stage
- Small reactors could be the future of UK nuclear power
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The UK named four companies, including a division of Rolls Royce Plc, to proceed to the next stage of a contest to build the country’s first small modular nuclear power plant, a potentially key technology for reaching net-zero emissions.
Small modular reactors are promoted by industry and the government as a way to generate clean nuclear power at a fraction of the cost and time required to build large-scale plants. The government is now deciding which technology to back for the country’s first small reactor.