Two sites in the North East are among the final three locations being considered by Rolls-Royce for a £200m nuclear reactor factory.
The IAMP site near Sunderland and the Teesworks site in Redcar are competing with Shotton on Deeside to land the plant that promises to bring up to 200 jobs and substantial investment. The factory, which is proposed to be 23,000 sqm, will produce component parts to be used in the firm's fleet of small modular reactors (SMRs).
It will make some of the largest and most complex parts for the power stations that will be capable of generating 470MW of clean electricity - enough to power a million homes. Having now visited the sites, Rolls Royce is due to make a final decision early next year after final evaluations and detailed assessments are made against the requirements and criteria for the factory.
