Urenco outlines plans to make miniature nuclear reactors

Vienna

URENCO Ltd, the world's second-biggest maker of atomic fuel, is advancing its attempt to supply radically smaller nuclear reactors in order to boost demand for its services.

The company is developing, in conjunction with Amec Foster Wheeler Plc, a generation of small, modular reactors called "U-Batteries", chief executive officer Thomas Haeberle said in an interview from the company's headquarters in Stoke Poges, England.