The Bill Gates-backed nuclear technology company TerraPower is hoping to build “dozens of reactors” in the UK with the first units coming online in the 2030s.
Chris Levesque, chief executive officer of TerraPower, said the company will bid for government approval to build small modular reactors in the UK, with the competition being overseen by recently launched industry government body Great British Nuclear (GBN).
“I’ve met with quite a few industrial partners in the UK and we really see partnerships here that we can leverage as we scale up,” Levesque told The Sunday Times.
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