Sweden Picks Rolls-Royce for First New Reactor Since the 1980s
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Sweden Picks Rolls-Royce for First New Reactor Since the 1980s
Rolls-Royce SMR just added its third major European contract. Videberg Kraft, backed by Sweden’s utility Vattenfall, selected the UK design for three units on the west coast, making it Sweden’s first new nuclear plant in more than forty years. The multibillion-pound export win, actively supported by UK government trade efforts, lands on top of existing deals in the UK and Czechia and makes Rolls-Royce the only SMR developer with multiple binding…
Sweden is planning three Rolls-Royce mini nuclear power plants to supply electricity for industry and households from the mid- 2030s onwards.
When we think of Rolls-Royce, we think of luxury cars or aircraft engines. However, it is in the nuclear field that the British group has just taken a key step. Indeed, it has several divisions, even if the general public tends to forget it. Moreover, it has just won a reference contract in Sweden for its small modular reactors. After more than forty years without a new power plant, Stockholm is about to restore its place to the atom. This choic…
Sweden selects Rolls-Royce SMR for nuclear project
United Kingdom-based Rolls-Royce SMR has been selected by Swedish nuclear company Videberg Kraft to deploy three small modular reactors (SMRs) on the Värö peninsula on Sweden’s west coast. Videberg Kraft’s project looks to build Sweden’s first nuclear power plant in over 40 years and to add 1,500 megawatts of low-carbon baseload power, according to Rolls-Royce SMR’s Monday press release. The 1,500-megawatt project would be around 6% of Sweden’s …
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