Rolls-Royce has confirmed it is in talks with Chinese state-run firm China General Nuclear (CGN) over providing essential systems for a new power station in the UK.
The UK engineering company makes instrumentation and control systems for nuclear reactors.
The plant will be based at Bradwell, on the River Blackwater in Essex.
The project is one of three new nuclear schemes in this country in which CGN is centrally involved.
Rolls-Royce already has an agreement with CGN’s subsidiary, CTEC, to develop and sell reactor control systems for selected projects in China and on international markets.
Nuclear strategy
The planned new “Bradwell B” power station is a major component of the government’s nuclear strategy. The country’s existing reactors are ageing and all of them are due to shut down by 2035.
The Essex site is already home to an obsolete nuclear power station, which closed in 2002.
Its replacement was one of six new nuclear plants which were lined up in recent years to help meet energy needs in decades to come.
However, three of those projects have since fallen by the wayside.
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