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Owen Hughes

Rolls Royce SMR confirms North Wales and Cumbria are top targets for mini-nuclear plants

Rolls Royce SMR says North Wales and Cumbria are its top targets for mini-nuclear plants in the UK.

The firm's CEO Tom Samson joined the Department for Business and Energy Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng MP and Energy Minister Greg Hands MP on a visit to Wylfa yesterday. They discussed the potential for bringing new nuclear to Anglesey.

The venture is developing SMR tech with plans to roll-out 12 plants in the UK. The company says if it gets regulatory approval from the Government by 2024 then it can provide power to the UK grid by 2029. SMRs can largely be built in factories and assembled on-site, making them cheaper and quicker to assemble than traditional reactors.

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