User:Djm-leighpark/Rolls-Royce SMR

In 2016 it was reported that the UK Government was assessing Welsh SMR sites - including the former Trawsfynydd nuclear power station - and on the site of former nuclear or coal-fired power stations in Northern England. Existing nuclear sites including Bradwell, Hartlepool, Heysham, Oldbury, Sizewell, Sellafield and Wylfa were stated to be possibilities.^[1]

It is seeking UK government finance to support further development.^[2][3] In December 2017 The UK government provided funding of up to £56 million over three years to support SMR research and development.^[4]The consortium developing the design is seeking UK government finance to support further development.^[5]

In 2017, the UK government provided funding of up to £56 million over three years to support SMR research and development.^[4] In 2019 the government committed a further £18 million to the development from its Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund.^[6]In November 2021, the UK government provided funding of £210 million to further develop the design, partly matched by £195 million of investment by Rolls Royce Group, BNF Resources UK Limited and Exelon Generation Limited.^[7]{^[8] They expect the first unit will be completed in the early 2030s.^[9]

In 2018 the UK SMR industry sought billions of pounds of government support to finance their putative First of a Kind projects. The Expert Finance Working Group on Small Reactors produced a report stating that there was "a current market failure in supporting nuclear projects generally" and identifying options for government to support SMR development in the UK.^[10][11]

In 2020 it was reported that Rolls-Royce had plans to construct up to 16 SMRs in the UK. In 2019, the company received £18 million to begin designing the modular system.^[12] An additional £210 million was awarded to Rolls-Royce by the British government in 2021, complemented by a £195 million contribution from private firms.^[7]

Rolls-Royce is preparing a small modular reactor (SMR) design called the UK SMR, a close-coupled four-loop PWR design. Power output is 440 MWe which is above the usual range considered to be a SMR.^[2][13]

Rolls-Royce SMR is a close-coupled three-loop PWR design, sometimes called the UK SMR.^[14][15]The power output was originally planned to be 440 MWe, later increased to 470 MWe, which is above the usual range considered to be a SMR.^[2][16] A modular forced draft cooling tower will be used.^[16] The design targets a 500 day construction time, on a 10 acres (4 ha) site.^[15][17] Overall build time is expected to be four years, two years for site preparation and two years for construction and commissioning.^[18] The target cost is £1.8 billion for the fifth unit built.^[19]

The target cost for a 470 MWe Rolls-Royce SMR unit is £1.8 billion for the fifth unit built.^[19][16]

• List of small modular reactor designs
• Nuclear power in the United Kingdom
• U-Battery, a micro-SMR development also supported by the UK Government

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