Rolls-Royce is steering a pivotal transformation in energy technology, focusing on small modular reactors (SMRs) that promise to redefine power generation in Poland and the UK. The British firm has forged a partnership with Industria, a Polish industrial development agency, to build three Small Modular Reactors (SMRs). These reactors are capable of producing 50,000 metric […]
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