Rolls-Royce SMR Ltd
Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2023)
Reporting Period: 2023
Environmental Metrics
Water Consumption:approximately 1.47m3/s
ESG Focus Areas
- Environmental
Environmental Achievements
- Minimise the use of resources (water, energy and space/footprint).
- Prevent, or where this is not possible, minimise the emission of substances which give rise to environmental impact (e.g. chemicals, hydrocarbons, greenhouse gases, ozone depleting substances, etc.).
- Prevent, or where this is not possible, minimise the detrimental environmental impacts of the design.
Climate Goals & Targets
Environmental Challenges
- Water use and abstraction.
- Discharges to surface water.
- Discharges to groundwater.
- Operation of installations (combustion plant and incinerators).
- Control of Major Accident Hazards (COMAH) Regulations.
- Fluorinated greenhouse gases and ozone-depleting substances.
Mitigation Strategies
- The cooling system will be designed and operated with due consideration to the BAT Reference (BREF) Document for Industrial Cooling Systems.
- Water recovery and re-use has been considered in the design of the RR SMR’s effluent collection and treatment system.
- Effluents will be segregated in order to optimise their treatment and maximise the potential for water re-use.
- The design of these treatment systems will give due consideration to all appliable European Commission BREF and BAT Conclusion recommendations
- BAT measures will be identified that are used to prevent accidental leaks and spills of nonradioactive pollutants that could give rise to accidental pollution of land and groundwater.
- Measures to prevent accidental leaks and spills of pollutants to groundwater will include Physical and Management measures and will be formally recognised as EPMs.
- The design will be reviewed to identify whether the use of any fluorinated gases or ozone-depleting gases is proposed. Where any are proposed, the potential to avoid their use or their replacement with less harmful alternatives will be reviewed noting that whichever gases are used, the design should ensure leaks do not occur and the system can be inspected and maintained in accordance with regulations.