UK and US announce major partnership to deliver new wave of nuclear projects

James Murray
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Rolls-Royce's vision for its new SMRs / Credit: Rolls-Royce
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Rolls-Royce's vision for its new SMRs / Credit: Rolls-Royce

Governments and companies ink series of deals to advance plans for fleet of small modular reactors across the UK

The UK and US governments are poised to sign a wide-ranging new nuclear agreement, designed to accelerate the development of a series of new small modular reactors (SMRs) across the UK. The governments...

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