A rendering of a small modular reactor (SMR) plant planned by Rolls-Royce SMR / Courtesy of Doosan Enerbility
Doosan Enerbility has secured a strategic foothold in Europe’s fast-emerging small modular reactor (SMR) market, joining forces with Britain’s Rolls-Royce SMR on nuclear projects that could reshape the continent’s energy landscape.
The Korean energy company said Thursday that it had been selected as a strategic manufacturing partner for key equipment in Rolls-Royce SMR projects planned in Britain and the Czech Republic.
Under the agreement, Doosan Enerbility will conduct manufacturability reviews for major reactor components, including reactor vessels to be used in the projects.
The partnership centers on Rolls-Royce SMR’s planned developments at Wylfa in Britain and Temelín in the Czech Republic, two projects viewed as critical tests for Europe’s push toward next-generation nuclear energy.
Established in 2021, Rolls-Royce SMR is developing a 470-megawatt small modular reactor designed to provide stable baseload electricity for at least 60 years.
In April, the company signed a contract with Great British Energy-Nuclear, Britain’s state-backed nuclear body, to begin site-specific design work for three reactors planned at Wylfa.
The British firm has also signed a construction preparation agreement with Czech energy company ČEZ and is now moving forward with licensing procedures and preliminary design work at Temelín.
Kim Jong-doo, head of Doosan Enerbility’s Nuclear Business Group, said the partnership would mark an important step in expanding the company’s role in the global SMR supply chain.
He said the company would support Rolls-Royce SMR projects with its accumulated expertise in manufacturing nuclear power plant equipment.
Source: Korea Times News
