Rolls-Royce is visiting all sites shortlisted as potential homes for its first factory to make small modular reactor power station components – including Pioneer Park at Stallingborough and the former Tioxide site on Moody Lane in Grimsby.
Since then, the company has added two additional sites to its shortlist – Shotton, Deeside and Teesworks, Redcar. These join Catterick and Ferrybridge in Yorkshire, Sunderland, Newton Aycliffe, Deeside in north Wales and Carlisle.
A team from Rolls-Royce SMR is currently in the process of visiting each site to gather more information in order to narrow down the potential factory locations.
COO of Rolls-Royce SMR, David White, said: “I’d like to thank the Local Enterprise Partnerships, the Welsh Government and the owners of the shortlisted sites for their continued support and cooperation.”
If Lincolnshire is chosen as a host for the new factory, the area is expected to benefit the area through significant investment, providing high-skilled jobs and sustainable economic growth.
The shortlist was selected from over 100 submissions from Local Enterprise Partnerships and development agencies which suggested sites across the UK where the Rolls-Royce SMR factories could be located.
