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Rolls-Royce picks potential sites for first SMR factory

July 15, 2022, 9:30AMNuclear News

Artist’s rendering of a Rolls-Royce SMR plant. (Image: Rolls-Royce SMR)

U.K.-based reactor developer Rolls-Royce SMR last week announced a list of six potential sites for its first small modular reactor factory. According to the company's announcement, the factory—the largest and most complex of three such facilities envisioned by the company—will manufacture the SMR vessels.

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Rolls-Royce picks potential sites for first SMR factory

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