Laing O’Rourke joins bid for 14-reactor UK SMR fleet

Laing O’Rourke has joined an international consortium bidding to deliver a fleet of 14 small modular nuclear reactors across three UK sites.
Warsaw-based developer SGE has submitted plans under the Government’s Advanced Nuclear Framework for a 4.2GW programme based on GE Vernova Hitachi’s BWRX-300 reactor technology.
The privately-funded scheme would be Britain’s largest privately-led nuclear investment and could generate enough electricity to meet around 11% of the count