Bill Gates company snubbed as six firms make SMR shortlist

The government has snubbed Bill Gates nuclear reactor design company Terrapower in its Small Modular Reactor (SMR) competition. Terrapower failed to make a six-strong shortlist of companies which remain in the running to design and build small modular reactors (SMRs) in the UK. The six companies advancing to the next stage of the competition include EDF, GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy International, Holtec Britain, NuScale Power, Rolls Royce and Westinghouse Electric Company.