Sweden Picks Rolls-Royce for First New Reactor Since the 1980s | HappeningNow.news
Published Date: June 18, 2026

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Sweden Picks Rolls-Royce for First New Reactor Since the 1980s

Rolls-Royce SMR just added its third major European contract.

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Rolls-Royce SMR just added its third major European contract. Videberg Kraft, backed by Sweden’s utility Vattenfall, selected the UK design for three units on the west coast, making it Sweden’s first new nuclear plant in more than forty years. The multibillion-pound export win, actively supported by UK government trade efforts, lands on top of existing deals in the UK and Czechia and makes Rolls-Royce the only SMR developer with multiple binding commitments across the continent. We tracked when the UK advanced its own program, Great…

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