Small Modular Reactors

UK / Government To Launch Next Phase Of SMR Competition, Facing Global Technology Race

By Rumyana Vakarelska
16 January 2024

Thinktank head warns that consultation plans risk delaying start of construction by ‘at least a decade’

Government To Launch Next Phase Of SMR Competition, Facing Global Technology Race
UK-based Rolls-Royce SMR is in the running to build small modular reactors. Courtesy Rolls-Royce SMR.
The UK government will launch the next phase of its competition to develop a small modular reactor in the UK in the next few weeks, according to Andrew Bowie, undersecretary of state for energy security, speaking on 16 January in the UK’s House of Commons.

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