Rolls-Royce SMR
James Palmer serves as the Chief Design Engineer for Reactor Plant and Systems at Rolls-Royce SMR since November 2021, after a long tenure at Rolls-Royce where positions included Reactor Systems Design Manager and Principal System Engineer. With extensive experience in technical leadership, programme delivery, and personnel management within multi-disciplinary design teams, James has successfully overseen various aspects of nuclear systems design, reactor performance, and radioactive waste management. Key contributions include leading cross-functional teams, developing strategies for modularisation and standardisation of power station systems, and fostering the development of junior engineers. James began the engineering career at Hills Group Ltd as a Site Technician before obtaining a Master’s degree in Physics and Mathematics from the University of Bath.
Rolls-Royce SMR
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Climate change and its consequences are one of the greatest challenges ever to face mankind. The global challenge around decarbonisation is huge. At Rolls-Royce SMR, our vision is simple – we want to provide clean, affordable energy for all. A new approach to delivering nuclear power Our Small Modular Reactor is an integrated power station, that takes well understood, existing nuclear technology and applies a factory-based philosophy to its fabrication and assembly. This repeatable, standardised approach generates huge efficiency gains to make it a commoditised product that is affordable, repeatable, deliverable and investable on a global scale, providing cheaper and more flexible electricity to form part of a future balanced, clean energy mix. When fully operational the Rolls-Royce SMR programme will create 40,000 regional UK jobs by 2050 and generate £52bn in economic benefit, with a forecast to target £250bn in global exports for the UK. Join us and help to provide clean, affordable energy for all