Rolls-Royce has announced two agreements – one with US-based power company Exelon Generation in the US and another with the Czech Republic’s state utility ČEZ – to explore the potential for small modular reactors.
The UK blue chip engineering giant said in a statement that Exelon Generation, which operates 21 nuclear reactors in the US, will be using its operational experience to help Rolls-Royce in the development and deployment of the company’s UKSMR.
It gave few details of the agreement with ČEZ, but said the UKSMR could be “a very attractive option” for the utility as it looks to its future reliable low carbon energy supply. ČEZ owns and operates the Czech Republic’s six commercial power reactors, four at Dukovany and two at Temelín.
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