I dont think so. Australia has purchased 3 Virginia class submarihes from USA and the AUKUS project will develop the UKs Astute class "SSNR" using RR technology to build 5 more submarines (termed AUKUS-SSNR) with increased Australian content for which Australia is developing a local supply chain. |
There are meant to be two companies awarded the initial build agreement.
I think they are all US apart from RR of course.
I suspect it would be unthinkable to not have RR as one of the two selected especially in light of the recent £9bn nuclear reactor contract for our navy's submarines.
I think the pressure from the Americans be applied in the AUKUS sub deal wherein those sub's will be powered by US reactors rather than RR's.
In a perfect world RR would be making SMR's on the back of the navy reactor deal as I'm guessing the technology is very similar. Economies of scale kick in and both our defence ministry and energy ministry reap the benefits.
Sadly, it's far from a perfect world. |
Perhaps he will seek advice from the President of Mauritius |
Fingers crossed they go for RR as it's the right thing to do unless Trump has Starmer by the nads with 3 US companies waiting in the wings. Surely he has to go British! |
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Small modular reactors will be allowed to be built in the UK
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"Build, build, build - that is what Britain's clean energy mission is all about," he said. |
Careful , we are all entitled to our own opinions, personally I think your talking dribble when you say SMRs are all priced in , but as ever we shall see |
Problem here is that with a market cap of £50bn all of the most optimistic assumptions about Mini Nukes are already baked into the price.
RR was only valued at about £7bn 3 years ago. |
Slight understatement ! |
Millie and is a waste of space. |
Anything new |
Miliband interview with Jeremy Vine R2 |
quote from Starmer: " we WERE a leader in nuclear and I am DETERMINED that we will be a leader again". |
Radio 2 now..... SMRs |
Nonsense sm,rs |
Its more engines and service contracts they need, Sm,rs nonsense, 9bn just for sub contracts. |
Its more engines and service contracts they need, Sm,rs nonsense, 9bn just for sub contracts. |
Its more engines and service contracts they need, Sm,rs nonsense, 9bn just for sub contracts. |
Over priced profit takers cashing in.. |
Over priced profit takers cashing in... |
On a day like today RR should be in positive territory - ridiculous |
Why not build the SMR's on the existing, decommissioned and to be decommissioned sites? No planning needed for that. Ready supply of water (that used for the old, large reactor now closing down).
It's just tosh. Designed to keep those Labour m.p.'s who are pushing for more nuclear. Not involving the Chinese is probably coded language to prepare us for the involvement of US companies.
Starmer's words:
“We have to drive the UK forward. This isn’t just about having the best nuclear technology — it’s about powering our future industries and delivering cleaner, affordable energy for people around the country.”
Coded for......Rolls Royce may be the most advanced but we don't want to fund a UK solution so we are open to externally supported, less than the best SMR developments.
All tosh. |
Michael Shanks the energy minister on TIMES Radio today at 7:05 was terrible. Despite being asked numerous times he didn't answer one question at all about anything - just kept peddling the same guff that planning restrictions will be lifted somewhat to enable SMRs to be built in new places. |
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