In a landmark move for UK energy policy, Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced on 13 November 2025 that Rolls-Royce SMR will spearhead the deployment of Britain's first small modular reactors (SMRs) at the Wylfa nuclear site in Anglesey, Wales. The initiative is backed by a £2.5 billion ($3.84 billion) government infusion into clean energy investment.
This British nuclear technology triumph, poised to generate thousands of nuclear power jobs and fortify national energy security, has provoked fierce US disappointment, with Washington decrying the exclusion of American alternatives in the escalating global race for SMR dominance.
