'A golden age of nuclear': Rolls-Royce SMR named as preferred bidder for UK's first small modular reactors

James Murray
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Government says revamped Great British Energy - Nuclear agency is aiming to confirm first site for SMR development by the end of the year

The UK's flagship Small Modular Reactor (SMR) programme took a major step forward today, with the announcement Rolls-Royce SMR has been selected as preferred bidder to build the country's first small modular...

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