The memorandum, signed on 20 March 2023, allows the companies to work together to explore future opportunities to deploy Rolls-Royce Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) in Ukraine as the country begins to rebuild. The agreement was signed by the President of Energoatom Petro Kotin and the Head of Customer Engagement of Rolls-Royce SMR Sophie McFarlane-Smith.
According to the document, Rolls-Royce SMR made a commitment to support the rebuild of Ukraine with its factory-built Small Modular Reactor (SMR) power plant – each capable of generating enough carbon-free electricity to power a million homes for more than 60 years.
The Rolls-Royce SMR CEO Tom Samson noted that the UK Government supports Ukraine and its people: «Through Britain’s sovereign nuclear technology, we can potentially help the people of Ukraine rebuild rapidly and restore their energy security and their independence.»
Petro Kotin, President of Energoatom, noted that Ukraine continues its course towards energy independence, which is impossible to imagine without advanced nuclear technologies: «The cooperation between Energoatom and Rolls-Royce SMR has reached a new level. Today we signed an agreement that allows Ukraine not only to start an efficient post-war recovery of the energy infrastructure, but also to become one of the first countries in the world to attract promising technologies of small modular reactors for this purpose».
