Rolls-Royce cites jobs potential if UK government enables small modular reactor fleet

UK-based global major industrial technology group Rolls-Royce stated on Wednesday that it expected to create 6 000 jobs in the midlands and north of England within five years, if the British government clearly committed itself to enabling the construction of 16 small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) over the next 20 years. Note that neither the UK government, nor any government agency, would be the customer for these SMRs, although the government is helping fund their development in a public …