Nov 12, 2020 19:00:00

A coalition of companies led by Rolls-Royce plans to build 16 reactors, creating 40,000 jobs in 15 years

15 years until the 2030s if the British SMR (Small Modular Reactor) Business Alliance, led by British industrial maker

Rolls-Royce , allows the government to build 16 reactors in the next 20 years Announced that it plans to create jobs for a total of 40,000 people.

Press releases --Nuclear power stations will create 6,000 UK'levelling up' jobs by 2025 and 40,000 in 15 years in a boost to green economic recovery –Rolls-Royce
https://www.rolls-royce.com/media/press-releases/2020/11-11-2020-nuclear-power-stations-will-create-6000-uk-levelling-up-jobs-by-2025. aspx

Rolls-Royce vows to create 6,000 UK jobs with nuclear power station plans | Business | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/nov/11/rolls-royce-vows-to-create-6000-uk-jobs-with-nuclear-power-station-plans

Rolls-Royce plans fleet of 16 mini nuclear power stations across UK | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/mini-nuclear-power-stations-uk-rolls-royce-b1721175.html

The British SMR Consortium is a corporate alliance in which Rolls-Royce, construction company Rain Oruk, and the National Atomic Energy Research Institute participate.

The SMR Consortium plans to build 16 small modular reactors, each of which will supply up to 440 MW, which is sufficient to power a city with 450,000 households. ..

The British government is expected to invest £ 200m in the consortium as part of its 'Green Economy Recovery Expenditure Plan'.

The consortium predicts that a construction go-ahead will create 6,000 jobs in five years. In addition, by the 2030s, 34,000 long-term jobs will be created, which will lead to a total of 40,000 jobs.

Interim CEO Tom Samson of the consortium commented that the construction of this 'reactor fleet' would revitalize the relevant communities and generate economic activity over the 60-year design life.