Rolls-Royce announced in October that it will visit all shortlisted sites to decide which will host its first factory to manufacture small modular reactor (SMR) power station components.
In July, Rolls-Royce announced that two sites in North East Lincolnshire are on the shortlist: 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.
Chief Operating Officer 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 (LEPs) and development agencies which suggested sites across the UK where the Rolls-Royce SMR factories could be located.
