US nuclear company Holtec has chosen South Yorkshire as the planned location for a £1.5bn (€1.7bn, $1.9bn) small modular reactor factory that will also serve potential export markets in Europe and the Middle East.
Holtec said the factory will create thousands of highly skilled and high-paying jobs.
The South Yorkshire site was chosen from 13 potential locations around the UK following “a robust and highly competitive process”. Four locations – West Midlands, Cumbria, Tees Valley and South Yorkshire – were shortlisted