Rolls Royce SMR - Components Hub

Posted: 12th September 2026

Europe’s first steam turbine components set to power the UK’s first SMRs. The production will support hundreds of new jobs and precedes the same facility becoming a Rolls Royce SMR components hub. The UK’s first three SMRs, located in North Wales and owned by Rolls Royce, will be powered by steam turbine components being manufactured in Newcastle by Siemens Energy – a new pathway for UK and European engineering to power SMRs. The components include high-pressure turbines and valve casings. According to Rolls Royce, the announcement is expected to support more than 550 jobs and create new opportunities in Newcastle. The facility is also intended to become the service hub for Siemens Energy’s key components across the Rolls-Royce SMR UK fleet. This is part of a much broader push by Rolls-Royce to build its reactors using a factory-based, modular manufacturing model, rather than constructing conventional nuclear plants largely on site.

Energy Live News 7th Sept 2026
https://www.energylivenews.com/2026/09/07/europes-first-steam-turbine-components-set-to-power-the-uks-first-smrs/