Holtec Britain Advances to Final Stage of GBN SMR Competition
- Holtec Britain has been selected to advance to the final stage of the GBN SMR Competition
- Holtec’s planned SMR factory in South Yorkshire represents a major investment and job creation opportunity for the region.
- Holtec has already secured the UK Regulators’ GDA Step 1 approval for its SMR-300 Pressurised Water Reactor
Holtec Britain has been selected to advance to the final stage of the GBN SMR competition. This opportunity will allow us to showcase our expertise in nuclear technology and demonstrate our commitment to the UK’s long-term industrial strategy.
Holtec has been part of the nuclear ecosystem in the UK for over 25 years and is absolutely committed to creating high-quality local jobs, supply chain opportunities and partnerships that will help the UK grow and prosper. Holtec’s plan for the UK includes a factory in South Yorkshire to build SMR-300 components and establishment of a training academy with Korean partner Hyundai E&C for engineering, welding and quality roles. Securing this opportunity will unlock significant investment in the British manufacturing UK supply chain, create thousands of jobs, and open up vast UK export opportunities.
Holtec International’s Advanced Manufacturing Division in Camden, New Jersey.
Holtec has already secured the UK Regulators’ Step 1 approval for its SMR-300 Pressurised Water Reactor. The Holtec Britain engineering team is working closely with its key partners Hyundai E&C (South Korea), Mitsubishi Electric (Japan), Mott Macdonald and Balfour Beatty (UK).
Dr. Rick Springman, Holtec’s President of Global Clean Energy Opportunities responsible for Holtec Britain commented:
“We are proud to move into the final stage of this process, and ready to deliver major nuclear programs in the United Kingdom. Working with a brilliant team of UK engineers and international experts from Korea, Japan and the USA, we are well on our way after completing GDA Step 1 in record time.
Holtec’s planned UK SMR factory will help the UK to become a clean energy superpower, an exporter of SMRs, and create thousands of high-paying highly-skilled jobs domestically in the process. In addition to the thousands of jobs the new factory will create, it will also serve as a strategic national asset to support UK energy security and national security with the resilience that comes from domestic supply.
We are excited to work with GBN through the final stage and will endeavour to show why Holtec Britain is the ideal technology partner for GBN.”
