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Wylfa selected as site for UK's first Rolls-Royce SMRs

13 November 2025

Government announced Wylfa, Anglesey as the host site for the first three Rolls-Royce SMRs, with potential to scale to eight reactors (~3.76 GW). Follows the June 2025 R-R preferred-bidder selection and GBN's March 2024 site acquisition.

Affected fuels: nuclear

Countries: GB

Sources

  1. www.world-nuclear-news.org(accessed 2026-04-26)

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