The manufacturing development centre, scheduled to open later in the year, will establish the build processes, precision assembly and advanced testing needed to de risk the delivery of its Small Modular Reactor fleet.
The non-nuclear site will house specialist engineering and manufacturing projects that are critical to the successful deployment of Rolls-Royce SMR鈥檚 first power plants. It will create and sustain around 40 highly skilled, long-term roles as the facility ramps up, spanning advanced engineering, welding, testing, precision assembly and manufacturing development, while helping train the next generation in these vital skills.
Ruth Todd, Rolls-Royce SMR鈥檚 cperations and supply chain director, said: 鈥淧ioneer Works will be at the centre of our ambition to transform the way nuclear projects are delivered, creating highly skilled jobs, supporting the wider supply chain and harnessing British engineering know-how to drive forward the next generation of nuclear power.
鈥淚鈥檓 also incredibly proud that this facility will act as our first training centre to create a future workforce which will help build Rolls-Royce SMR鈥檚 鈥榝actory-built鈥� nuclear power plants around the world.鈥�