Britain has chosen Rolls Royce SMR aims to construct the country’s first small modular nuclear reactors (SMR) Acce the decarbonization of your power network By mid -2013.
The government has committed £ 2.5 billion for the SMR program in the next four years, indicating the onset of one of which Europe’s first small scale nuclear industry.
SMRSRegarding the size of two football pitches, can be made in a factory. This makes them faster and more cost effective to manufacture them than traditional plants, which can take more than a decade to build plan delays in the UK and often encounter.
In addition to SMRS, the government announced an investment of £ 14.2 billion Sizewell cA large -scale nuclear plant in eastern England marks the “largest nuclear rollout for a generation”.
Rolls-Royce SMR, FTSE 100 Engineer Rolls-Royce-owned majority that forms a power system for Britain’s nuclear submarines, said it would build three units. ,
Many of them get an opportunity to reduce the cost, this is a big possibility, “Energy Minister Ed Milliband Told Sky News.
“It is very large for energy security, but it is also a huge opportunity for Britain.”
Dozens of countries around the world, including the United States, Canada, Romania and Czech Republic, are looking at SMRS, if the British project is opening a large market when successful.
Rolls-Royce CEO Tulafan Ergin Billugic stated that he hopes Rolls-Royce SMR is expected to grow “physically”. British state -owned energy company, Great British Energy – Nuclear will aim to sign a contract with Rolls-Royce SMR and choose a site later this year, subject to regulator approval.
The statement stated that SMR may support around 3,000 jobs and about 3 million houses in 3 million homes, when they are connected to the grid in the mid -2013.
Rolls-Royce SMR was selected in an alliance between Westinghouse, Holtec Britain and GE-Hettachi nuclear power-general electric company GE.N and Hitachi Limited 6501.t-Japan’s Hitachi Limited.
