Make South Yorkshire a centre of excellence for nuclear technology manufacture, Jacob-Rees Mogg urged

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Government reveal plans to make Sheffield centre of nuclear reactor component building for the energy industry by bringing former Davy Markham engineering works back into use

“This developer-backed end to end proposal to build the first of a kind fully-funded British Built SMR, to produce 1 GW of power by 2030 just needs yours and your Government’s approval for it to go ahead.

“The impact of such a decision would not only deliver the first operational SMR in the UK by 2030 but it would also open up the opportunity for Sheffield and South Yorkshire to develop its very unique capability to deliver an International Centre for SMR Manufacturing Excellence, capable of producing any SMR design.

“The unique capability of Sheffield to produced SMRs is first, Forgemasters the only company in the UK that can produce the forgings and as the machining capability for all the required parts of any SMR.“This capability along with the countries only Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre in South Yorkshire and strong supply chain built up over years, makes it not only unique in this country but possibly unrivalled in the world.

A Government spokesperson said: “The government has had constructive meetings with the Sheffield Consortium and welcome their interest in using South Yorkshire’s industrial expertise and heritage to manufacture Small Modular Reactors.”

 

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Where does the £6 billion come from For a BWRX-300 SMR? Before this energy price hike & The £ nosediving against the $ GE Hitachi publicised the FOAK BWRX-300 At $1 billion +15% US inflation & $1.1 to the £ exchange rate Takes it to ~£1.1 billion Can you explain the difference?

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