# Rolls-Royce shortlists sites for £200M SMR heavy vessels factory

Rolls-Royce SMR announced a shortlist of locations for a new factory to build heavy vessels for its Small Modular Reactor power station. The factory, valued at £100-200 million, will create over 200 jobs and be built once SMRs get approval.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2022-07-04
- Where: Catterick, Ferrybridge, Grimsby, Stallingborough, Newton Aycliffe, Sunderland, Carlisle, Deeside, United Kingdom
- Value: $240.0M (200.0M GBP)
- Jobs: 200
- Status: announced
- Products: heavy vessels for SMR power station
- Sectors: [Power Generation Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/power-generation-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Rolls-Royce SMR Limited](https://endata.com/companies/59451.md)

## Sources

- [yorkshirepost.co.uk](https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/politics/catterick-and-ferrybridge-shortlisted-for-new-ps200m-rolls-royce-factory-3755466), 2022-07-04: "The company has announced a shortlist of locations it is examining as the potential base for a factory to build 'heavy vessels' for its planned Small Modular Reactor (SMR) power station"

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