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Rolls-Royce adds two new locations to the shortlist for 200 jobs nuclear factory

The engineering giant is now looking at Teesworks and Shotton as potential sites

How a Rolls-Royce Small Modular Reactor could look

Two more sites have been added to the shortlisted locations for Rolls-Royce's forthcoming £200m nuclear reactor factories.

The Teesworks freeport site at Redcar and Shotton on Deeside join eight other potential locations across the 海角视频 which could host the firm's first factory that will make components for its small modular reactor (SMR) power station. It means Rolls-Royce representatives will visit both sites in the coming weeks to decide which will host the 200 jobs, 23,000 sqm plant.

Previously shortlisted sites in the North East include Sunderland's International Advanced Manufacturing Park and Forest Park in Newton Aycliffe. The Gateway site on Deeside is also in the running.

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David White, recently appointed as chief operating officer of Rolls-Royce SMR, 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. The overwhelmingly positive response, resulting in more potential sites than we might have hoped for, means we have more information to assess but is vitally important in helping us select the right locations for our factory.

“We’re also pleased to announce that another two locations – Shotton, Deeside and Teesworks, Redcar – have been added to the shortlist after the sites met the selection criteria."

Rolls-Royce SMR's plan is seen as a radically different way of setting up nuclear power stations with around 90% of the components being made in a factory. The FTSE100 firm plans to set up three plants - including one main site - that will produce components that are assembled into a nuclear power station that will generate 470MW of low-carbon electricity.

Rolls-Royce has been a nuclear reactor plant designer since the start of the 海角视频 nuclear submarine programme in the 1950s. It says the Rolls-Royce SMRs will draw upon standard nuclear energy technology that has been used in 400 reactors around the world.