UK, US should work together on small modular reactors, Starmer says
"The more we can work together on this the better," Starmer said.
Last month, Britain selected Rolls-Royce (RR.L), opens new tab to build the country's first SMRs, pledging 2.5 billion pounds ($3.35 billion) to kickstart the industry,
Trump said the United States would look into the opportunity for smaller nuclear plants.
"We're doing smaller and bigger, but the small is interesting," he told reporters in Turnberry.
"They (Rolls-Royce) do a small plant, very easy, very safe, and as they need more they hook up another plant, and they have a series of plants instead of doing the $20 billion plant."
Trump said SMRs could involve much lower investment, adding that they would study the option.
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