A former executive of Britain’s Covid vaccine rollout has been drafted in to help Rolls-Royce turn mini nuclear power plants into reality.

Rolls-Royce SMR has been chosen by the Czech Government as the preferred partner to develop small modular reactors in Czechia

Rolls-Royce (OTCPK:RYCEY) (OTCPK:RYCEF) is poised to obtain the first order from a European government to build a fleet of small nuclear reactors, after the company beat out six competitors to be named the preferred supplier by Czech Republic state utility CEZ,

Rolls-Royce is on course to secure the first order from a European government to build a fleet of mini nuclear reactors after being selected as the preferred supplier in a competition overseen by the Czech government.

Rolls-Royce beat competition from French, American and Japanese rivals to be named as a preferred supplier to state-owned power group CEZ..

The Czech Republic has become the first country to place an order for Rolls-Royce’s mini nuclear reactors, raising fears in Britain that skilled jobs and exports will disappear abroad. Rolls said the deal,