Rolls-Royce SMR

Each Rolls-Royce SMR power station will produce enough stable, affordable and low carbon energy to power a million homes for at least 60 years – more than any other SMR.

Energy security and net zero are key priorities for countries across the world, there is a global upsurge in demand for nuclear power with a host of nations – including the US, Canada, France, Japan and Sweden – pledging to triple nuclear capacity by 2050.

Rolls-Royce SMR is up to eighteen months ahead of competitors in any European regulatory process and, with this first mover advantage, is in pole position to become a world leader in SMR technology and the UK’s premier green export technology.

Rolls-Royce SMR has been named as the selected technology in the Great British Nuclear (GBE-N) small modular reactor (SMR) competition. The UK’s next generation of nuclear power stations will be designed and built by a British company, creating thousands of jobs, boosting the supply chain and creating growth for the economy.

Rolls-Royce SMR has achieved an incredible amount in a short space of time, establishing itself as Europe’s leading Small Modular Reactor technology. To celebrate our success so far, we’ve highlighted some of the most important milestones on our timeline.

Rolls-Royce SMR is named as the selected technology in the Great British Nuclear (GBN) small modular reactor (SMR) competition. The UK’s next generation of nuclear power stations will be designed and built by a British company, creating thousands of jobs, boosting the supply chain and creating growth for the economy.

Rolls-Royce SMR submits its tender response to Great British Nuclear as part of the process to select small modular reactor technologies for deployment in the UK.

Rolls-Royce SMR presses home advantage as it moves into Step three (the final step) of UK regulatory assessment – 18 months ahead of any other SMR design.

Swedish multinational power company, Vattenfall, shortlists Rolls-Royce SMR as one of just two companies competing to potentially deploy a fleet of SMRs in Sweden.

£multi-million facility in Sheffield opens to manufacture and test prototype modules for Rolls-Royce SMRs.

Poland’s Ministry of Climate and Environment has issues a Decision in Principle endorsing Rolls-Royce SMR technology.

Rolls-Royce SMR has been successfully shortlisted in the first stage of the Great British Nuclear SMR technology selection process.

Rolls-Royce SMR progresses to Step two of the GDA, following the successful completion of the first step in the assessment by the UK’s independent nuclear regulators.

Rolls-Royce SMR’s nuclear power plant design enters the GDA process with its regulators – the Office for Nuclear Regulation, the Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales.

QIA joins Rolls-Royce Group, BNF Resources UK Ltd and Exelon Generation Ltd as shareholders in Rolls-Royce SMR. £280 million private investment, alongside £210 million of government grant funding, means the development phase of the Rolls-Royce SMR programme is fully funded.

Rolls-Royce SMR submits a design for entry to the UK’s Generic Design Assessment (GDA) regulatory process.

Rolls-Royce SMR Limited is established, to bring forward and deliver at scale the next generation of low cost, low carbon nuclear power technology.

New nuclear is an essential part of the clean energy system we are building, but it’s also an essential part of the kind of economy we are trying to build.