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Reactor core plant upgrades for Dreadnought delivered
Britain has delivered the major facility upgrades needed to manufacture reactor cores for Dreadnought-class submarines, Defence Minister Luke Pollard told Parliament, with final commissioning and core production still underway. The Core Production Capability programme renews infrastructure, workforce and manufacturing capacity at Rolls-Royce Submarines' Raynesway site in Derby. The Ministry of Defence is coordinating reactor-component deliveries to support the first Dreadnought submarine's planned entry into service in the early 2030s. Separate modernization and expansion work is also preparing the site to produce reactor cores and nuclear steam-raising plant for future British and Australian SSN-AUKUS submarines.