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Holtec Britain has chosen South Yorkshire as the home of its planned £1.5bn small modular reactor (SMR) factory, subject to a final investment decision (FID).

Plans for three small modular reactors (SMRs) have been announced by software giant Oracle as part of its proposals to build an artificial intelligence (AI) focused data centre.

A 60% increase in the number of jobs in nuclear in the UK in just 10 years has driven the sector to a record-breaking 86,908 jobs, according to the Nuclear Industry Association (NIA).

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) has signed Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) with Aecon, AtkinsRéalis, Jacobs and Laing O’Rourke as part of efforts to deploy its BWRX-300 small modular reactor (SMR) in the UK.

The Westinghouse AP300 small modular reactor (SMR) has received approval from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) to enter the generic design assessment (GDA) process.

Between 40-50 small modular reactors (SMRs) could be built in India by 2032 if plans by India’s Department of Atomic Energy and Tata Consulting Engineers are realised.

Civil nuclear power directly employs over 77,000 people in the UK and is worth £6.1bn to the economy, but the value is so much more than that. Add in the social value that the sector delivers and the benefit to the economy more than doubles to £16bn when you consider…

Rolls-Royce may be on the verge of selling its Rolls-Royce SMR subsidiary in order to secure more funding for the business as it seeks to be the first to deploy small modular reactors in the UK.

The Nuclear Industry Association (NIA) has submitted the UK’s first-ever application for a justification decision for Rolls-Royce SMR’s small modular reactor (SMR) design.

Five out of six shortlisted firms have successfully submitted initial tenders for small modular reactors (SMRs) to Great British Nuclear (GBN) as the body’s competition for rolling out the technology in the UK moves forward.