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US ‘disappointed’ that Rolls-Royce will build UK’s first small modular reactors

United States Sir Keir Starmer United Kingdom RollsRoyce SMR Britain Donald Trump Wales Hitachi Nuclear Power RollsRoyce

A digital visualisation of the kind of small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) Rolls-Royce SMR plan to build for Wylfa. — A digital visualisation of the kind of small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) Rolls-Royce SMR plan to build for Wylfa. Photograph: Adam Limond/Rolls-Royce SMR

Keir Starmer has announced that the UK’s first small modular nuclear reactors will be built in north Wales – but immediately faced a backlash from Donald Trump’s administration after it pushed for a US manufacturer to be chosen.

Wylfa on the island of Anglesey, or Ynys Môn, will be home to three small modular reactors (SMRs) to be built by British manufacturer Rolls-Royce SMR. The government said it will invest £2.5bn.

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