Doosan Enerbility said on the 28th it was selected as a strategic partner to manufacture key equipment for the Small Modular Reactor (SMR) project led by the United Kingdom's "Rolls-Royce Small Modular Reactor (SMR)."
With the selection, Doosan Enerbility plans to conduct manufacturability reviews for major equipment, including the reactor, to be applied to projects that Rolls-Royce SMR is pursuing in the United Kingdom and the Czech Republic.
Rolls-Royce SMR is an SMR developer established in 2021. Rolls-Royce PLC, a British aerospace and defense company, is the largest shareholder. Rolls-Royce SMR is developing a 470-megawatt (MW) SMR, and the design can supply stable baseload power for at least 60 years.
The collaboration targets the Wylfa project in the United Kingdom and the Temelín project in the Czech Republic that Rolls-Royce SMR is pushing forward. In April, Rolls-Royce SMR signed a contract with Great British Energy–Nuclear (GBE-N), a U.K. state-run nuclear agency, and began site-specific design for three SMRs to be built at the Wylfa site. In the Czech Republic, it also signed a pre-construction agreement with ČEZ, a state-run energy company, and is proceeding with site permitting and preliminary design.
Kim Jong-du, head of the nuclear BG at Doosan Enerbility, said, "The collaboration with Rolls-Royce SMR will be an important opportunity for Doosan Enerbility to expand its role in the global SMR supply chain," adding, "We will actively support Rolls-Royce SMR's business based on our accumulated experience and technology in manufacturing main nuclear power equipment."