Rolls-Royce SMR Signs Key Contract With BWXT For Nuclear Plant Steam Generator Design

UK company says it has multiple reactor commitments in Europe

Rolls-Royce SMR Signs Key Contract With BWXT For Nuclear Plant Steam Generator Design
A rendering showing Rolls-Royce's proposed SMR plant design. Courtesy Rolls-Royce SMR.

UK small modular reactor (SMR) developer Rolls-Royce SMR has signed a multi-million-pound contract with nuclear services and technology company BWX Technologies (BWXT) for the design of steam generators.

Rolls-Royce SMR said the signing of the detailed design contract for the nuclear steam generators is another vital step forward in the development of its SMR technology.

BWXT subsidiary, BWXT Canada Ltd, based in Ontario, has been producing steam generators for the nuclear energy industry for more than 60 years and has supplied more than 315 steam generators to plants around the world.

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