A £35bn plan to fill the UK with 14 mini nuclear reactors
A Polish billionaire has laid out plans to build a fleet of small nuclear reactors across Britain, at an estimated £35bn, TechRadar reported. Michał Sołowow’s firm, SGE, says it wants to install 14 GE Vernova Hitachi BWRX-300 reactors on three UK sites. It is targeting first power in 2034.
The numbers are large. Together the reactors would generate 4.2GW, enough for roughly eight million homes, or about 11 per cent of UK electricity demand, for at least 60 years. SGE, a Warsaw-based developer founded in 2019, has filed under the UK’s new Advanced Nuclear Framework. Its delivery team includes GE Vernova Hitachi, Samsung C&T and Laing O’Rourke.
Why small reactors, why now
Small modular reactors, or SMRs, are the industry’s bet on speed. Each BWRX-300 puts out about 300MW, a fraction of a traditional plant. The pitch is that factory-built, repeatable units cost less and deploy faster than one giant...
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