Rolls-Royce claims UK SMR nuclear arm 'fully funded' after £85m Qatar backing

Cecilia Keating
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A mock-up of what Rolls-Royce hopes will be one of many small modular nuclear power plants | Credit: Rolls Royce
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A mock-up of what Rolls-Royce hopes will be one of many small modular nuclear power plants | Credit: Rolls Royce

Some £490m of public and private investment has now been raised to support the British engineering giant’s small nuclear reactor vision

Rolls-Royce has scored £85m backing from Qatar's sovereign wealth fund to help its plan to develop a fleet of small modular reactor (SMR) nuclear power plants across the UK, the engineering giant announced...

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