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Germany is planning to phase out nuclear energy by 2022. If the policy holds, the country would become more dependent on natural gas. Britain, on the other hand, has been expanding its nuclear power production. CNN's Salma Abdelaziz takes a look at how the climate crisis is giving nuclear energy another chance.
NuScale Reported to Plan to Go Public
A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between Rolls-Royce SMR Limited and Sheffield Forgemasters to jointly explore commercial mechanisms for a long-term collaboration on the supply of forgings to the Rolls-Royce UK small modular reactor fleet. A Rolls-Royce-led UK SMR consortium aims to build up to 10 SMRs by 2035.
While wind and solar ramp up, several countries, including France and Britain, are looking to expand their nuclear energy programs. Germany and others aren’t so enthusiastic.
Rolls-Royce bosses have heard the case for Cumbria to be the home of new nuclear reactors to be built in the UK.