{"id":248,"date":"2025-11-28T14:07:33","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T14:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jamesdelahooke.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/28\/uk-confirms-wylfa-as-launch-site-for-first-nuclear-smr-fleet\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T14:07:33","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T14:07:33","slug":"uk-confirms-wylfa-as-launch-site-for-first-nuclear-smr-fleet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jamesdelahooke.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/28\/uk-confirms-wylfa-as-launch-site-for-first-nuclear-smr-fleet\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Confirms Wylfa as Launch Site for First Nuclear SMR Fleet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The UK has confirmed that Wylfa on the island of Anglesey, North Wales, will host three Rolls-Royce small modular reactors (SMRs) that could deliver first power in the mid-2030s\u2014launching a state-backed, fleet-based nuclear deployment through publicly owned entity Great British Energy\u2013Nuclear (GBE-N). The UK government has framed the SMR project, which is underpinned by more [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.powermag.com\/uk-confirms-wylfa-as-launch-site-for-first-nuclear-smr-fleet\/\">UK Confirms Wylfa as Launch Site for First Nuclear SMR Fleet<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.powermag.com\">POWER Magazine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image lazyload\" alt=\"The 470-MWe Rolls-Royce SMR, a pressurized water reactor, has a 60-year design life and a capacity factor above 95%. Its modular construction, involving 1,500 transportable modules, aims to reduce on-site construction time. The SMR is designed with both passive and active safety features, and it has potential for cogeneration applications. Rolls-Royce SMR targets both domestic and international markets, focusing on scalability and competitive energy generation. Courtesy: Rolls-Royce SMR\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.powermag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/rollsroycesmr.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.powermag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/rollsroycesmr.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.powermag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/rollsroycesmr-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.powermag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/rollsroycesmr-768x432.jpg 768w\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UK has confirmed that Wylfa on the island of Anglesey, North Wales, will host three Rolls-Royce small modular reactors (SMRs) that could deliver first power in the mid-2030s\u2014launching a state-ba<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nuclear"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jamesdelahooke.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jamesdelahooke.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jamesdelahooke.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jamesdelahooke.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.jamesdelahooke.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jamesdelahooke.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jamesdelahooke.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jamesdelahooke.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}