Rolls-Royce Marine Power Operations
- Rolls-Royce Marine Power Operations
Rolls-Royce Marine Power Operations Ltd, a subsidiary of Rolls-Royce plc, operates three nuclear licensed sites, two of which are at Raynesway in Derby, UK.
The Manufacturing Site was licensed in August 1960 and deals with processing of uranium fuel and the fabrication of nuclear reactor cores for Royal Naval submarines.
The Neptune/Radioactive Components Facility Site was licensed in November 1961 and houses the Neptune test reactor which is used to conduct experiments on reactor cores.
It was created as a joint company in 1954 with the name "Rolls-Royce and Associates"; the associates being Vickers, Foster Wheeler and later Babcock and Wilcox. It changed its name on 15 January 1999 to "Rolls-Royce Marine Power Operations Ltd" and is part of the marine business of Rolls-Royce plc.
External links
* [http://www.rolls-royce.com/marine/markets/submarines/propulsion/nuclear.jsp Rolls-Royce Nuclear]
* [http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2003/e03185.htm HSE Nuclear Safety Review]
* [http://www.rolls-royce.com/history/overview/cs_rolls.pdf Rolls-Royce History Lecture (pdf)]
* [http://www.banthebomb.org/archives/news/991019j.htm CND article about Raynesway nuclear safety]
* [http://homepage.ntlworld.com/alan-turnbull/secret3.htm#rolls-royce Bird's Eye aerial photo] of Raynesway's Neptune reactor test facility on UK Secret Bases website
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