Rolls-Royce SMR signs agreement to support Ukraine re-build

Rolls-Royce SMR has signed an agreement with Energoatom – Ukraine’s national nuclear energy generating company.

The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), signed on 20 March 2023, allows the two companies to work together in looking at future possibilities of deploying Rolls-Royce SMRs in the Ukraine, when the country begins its re-build.

According to the document, Rolls-Royce SMR makes a commitment to support the rebuild of Ukraine with its factory-built Small Modular Reactor (SMR) power station – each capable of generating enough carbon-free electricity to power a million homes for more than 60 years.

The Rolls-Royce SMR CEO Tom Samson said: “The UK Government has led global efforts to support Ukraine and its people, it is an honour to support these efforts. We first began discussions with a Ukrainian utility company before the Russian invasion, after they saw how their country could benefit from a fleet of SMRs.

“Through Britain’s sovereign nuclear technology, we can potentially help the people of the Ukraine rebuild rapidly and restore their energy security and their independence.”

Petro Kotin, President of Energoatom, noted that Ukraine continues its course towards energy independence, which is impossible to imagine without advanced nuclear technologies: "The cooperation between Energoatom and Rolls-Royce SMR has reached a new level. Today we signed an agreement that will allow Ukraine not only to start an efficient post-war recovery of the energy infrastructure, but also to become one of the first countries in the world to attract promising technologies of small modular reactors for this purpose.”

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Notes to Editors:

Rolls-Royce SMR will draw upon standard nuclear energy technology that has been used in 400 reactors around the world.  

The Rolls-Royce SMR power station will have the capacity to generate 470MW of low carbon energy, equivalent to more than 150 onshore wind turbines and enough to power a million homes. It will provide consistent baseload generation for at least 60 years, helping to support the roll out of renewable generation and overcome intermittency issues.