Rolls-Royce is preparing to open talks with the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority about leasing disused nuclear sites as the UK group seeks to move ahead with plans to build a fleet of mini reactors.
The NDA holds a large portfolio of land across the UK. While the agency’s focus is on cleaning up areas that previously hosted nuclear reactors, several of its locations in England and Wales are in the running to be home to Britain’s first small modular reactor.
Among the likely sites are Dungeness on the south-east coast, Moorside in west Cumbria and land near Wylfa on the island of Anglesey. Trawsfynydd in Wales is another possibility.