Rolls-Royce mulls SMRs for Czech Republic

September 8, 2022, 12:01PMNuclear News

Artistic rendering of a Rolls-Royce SMR plant. (Image: Rolls-Royce)

Just one week after entering into an exclusive agreement with a Dutch nuclear development company to deploy small modular reactors in the Netherlands, U.K.-based Rolls-Royce SMR has announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding with Škoda JS to explore “areas of collaboration” for SMR deployment in both the Czech Republic and elsewhere in Central Europe.

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