Assystem joins small modular reactor consortium

The project aims to build up to 16 compact, first of a kind power stations which are expected to create 40,000 jobs in the UK, add £52bn to the UK economy and have an export value of around £250bn. Each power station will provide enough electricity - 440MWe - to power a city the size of Leeds.

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Assystem said it will lead on the Turbine Island, Cooling Water Island and Balance of Plant development of structures and systems through Model Based Systems Engineering, Generative design and original Project Delivery Model Approach.

“The consortium is focusing on developing a concept for a power station as a product…and following on with the remaining equipment for power generation” said Will Machin, Assystem’s Engineering Manager for SMR. “We are aiming to build a power plant that in addition to being extremely safe is optimised for economic power generation. That means that we have to blend the right balance of power, efficiency, build time, commissioning time and unit cost across the nuclear and conventional islands.