From Power Technology, November 13:
The UK’s first Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) will be developed at the decommissioned Wylfa nuclear power station site on Anglesey.
The site of the decommissioned Wylfa nuclear power plant has been chosen as the location for the UK’s first Small Modular Reactors (SMR). Wylfa is on the coast of Ynys Môn (Anglesey) and will initially host three SMR units. It is already home to two Magnox AGRs which are being decommissioned. The Rolls-Royce SMR design has a nominal output of 470 MWe, almost as much as the original Wylfa reactors. An investment of more than £2.5bn (US$3.3bn) to develop the units will be administered by the UK government’s nuclear delivery body Great British Energy-Nuclear....
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At the Guardian, November 12:
US ‘disappointed’ that Rolls-Royce will build UK’s first small modular reactors
Related, August 24:
When going Small, go big or go home: "Vattenfall Narrows SMR Field to Two Finalists: GE Vernova’s BWRX-300 and Rolls-Royce SMR" (GEV; RR.L)Both companies are big, £87.97 billion ($118 billion) market cap in the case of Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC and $165.26 billion for GE Vernova. The both know a lot about stuff that spins and centrifugal and centripetal forces and all that. What more could you ask for....
And October 8:
"What Will Rolls-Royce Gain From the UK–US Nuclear Deal?"
Although this reads a bit like a Rolls-Royce promotional piece it is good background. The company will be popping up in more and more discussions of small modular reactors.*
