New Energy
UK Enters Final Stage of Contest for Next-Generation Reactors
- Great British Nuclear to choose winning technologies in spring
- Small, modular reactors could help cut costs of atomic power
A rendering of the Rolls-Royce Plc small modular reactor. Rolls-Royce is one of four finalists shortlisted by the Great British Nuclear body.
Source: Rolls-Royce Plc
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The UK entered the final stage of a process to select small modular reactor technologies that may be key to the country’s net zero goals.
Winning bidders will be chosen in spring, bringing an end to a contest that was meant to be finished by the end of last year, according to the government’s Great British Nuclear body. The shortlist of four finalists includes a division of Rolls-Royce Plc and a collaboration between GE Vernova Inc. and Hitachi Ltd.