{"id":43725,"date":"2026-06-06T15:51:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T15:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/43725\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T15:51:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T15:51:11","slug":"uks-rolls-royce-faces-backlash-over-smr-project-partnership-with-south-korea-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/43725\/","title":{"rendered":"UK&#8217;s Rolls-Royce Faces Backlash Over SMR Project Partnership with South Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Doosan Enerbility supplies four steam turbines to a U.S. company\" height=\"409\" id=\"imgs_2962948\" photo_no=\"2962948\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260605201442891459.jpg\" width=\"640\"\/><br \/>\nDoosan Enerbility supplies four steam turbines to a U.S. company [Photo: Yonhap News]<\/p>\n<p>The UK aerospace and defense company Rolls-Royce has sparked a backlash over its decision to assign key processes of its small modular reactor (SMR) project to a South Korean firm, raising concerns about the &#8216;Buy British&#8217; policy in the UK. <\/p>\n<p>According to a report by Yonhap News, citing the Financial Times, Rolls-Royce SMR signed a design contract in April with Great British Energy Nuclear to construct three SMRs in Wylfa, North Wales. The company has since selected Doosan Enerbility as a strategic partner for the production of major components. Critics argue that this decision contradicts the UK&#8217;s commitment to prioritize domestic industry in public projects. <\/p>\n<p>The UK government aims to source 70% of the supply chain for the project from domestic producers. Rolls-Royce has previously indicated that the British content in the SMR could reach as high as 78%. However, concerns have been raised that with South Korea handling key elements, the UK may be relegated to producing lower-value components. <\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers have also expressed concerns. Liam Byrne, chair of the House of Commons Business and Trade Committee from the ruling Labour Party, announced plans to send a letter to ministers seeking clarification on whether this decision aligns with the government&#8217;s policy to protect domestic industry. <\/p>\n<p>Garreth Stace, director general of UK Steel, emphasized, &#8220;The revival of nuclear power in the UK should create opportunities for jobs and industrial capability within the country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>* This article has been translated by AI.                            &#13;\n                            <\/p>\n<p>                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajupress.com\/discovery\/reporter?bylineName=Park boram&amp;bylineEmail=ram07@ajunews.com\" class=\"photo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&#13;<br \/>\n                                                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1780761071_30_default_img.png\" alt=\"Park boram \uae30\uc790\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n                                                                <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                            &#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright\">&#13;<br \/>\n                                Copyright \u24d2 Aju Press All rights reserved.                                                            <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Doosan Enerbility supplies four steam turbines to a U.S. company [Photo: Yonhap News] The UK aerospace and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":43726,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[410,409,408,22677,9104],"class_list":["post-43725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-doosan","tag-doosan","tag-doosan-enerbility","tag-doosan-group","tag-rolls-royce","tag-small-modular-reactor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43725\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}