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Britain Pushes Rolls-Royce SMRs to Sweden Amid Energy Crisis

4/25/2026

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Britain is negotiating to export Rolls-Royce small modular nuclear reactors to Sweden.
Business Secretary Peter Kyle is in advanced talks with Sweden for the mini-reactor supply.
Rolls-Royce’s factory-built reactors, which shorten construction time, are slated for three SMR sites in Anglesey, North Wales, and six units at Temelín for Czech energy firm CEZ.
Kyle is touring European capitals, citing the Iran war and Middle East crisis as drivers of energy-security worries.

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Britain is negotiating to export Rolls-Royce small modular nuclear reactors to Sweden.
Business Secretary Peter Kyle is in advanced talks with Sweden for the mini-reactor supply.
Rolls-Royce’s factory-built reactors, which shorten construction time, are slated for three SMR sites in Anglesey, North Wales, and six units at Temelín for Czech energy firm CEZ.
Kyle is touring European capitals, citing the Iran war and Middle East crisis as drivers of energy-security worries.