SMR news21 Aug 2025 12:40
STOCKHOLM, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Swedish state utility Vattenfall said on Thursday it has selected Britain's Rolls-Royce SMR and U.S. group GE Vernova (GEV.N), opens new tab as candidates for the planned construction of a series of small modular reactors (SMR).
Sweden's parliament in May passed legislation to finance a new generation of nuclear reactors the government says are key to energy security and achieving net zero emissions by 2045.
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Vattenfall plans to order either five BWRX-300 reactors from GE Vernova or three Rolls-Royce SMRs, which will provide a total output of around 1,500 MW, in what will become the Nordic country's first new nuclear reactors in four decades, it said in a statement.