UK Government Officially Launched ‘Great British Nuclear’ The UK Government has officially launched its flagship body Great British Nuclear (GBN). GBN will drive the rapid expansion of new nuclear power plants in the UK at an unprecedented scale and pace. This will boost UK energy security, reduce dependence on volatile fossil fuel imports, create more affordable…
Westinghouse Awarded New Grants From UK Nuclear Fuel Fund Westinghouse Electric Company (ENS Corporate Member) announced that the UK Government’s Nuclear Fuel Fund has awarded three grants to upgrade and expand the Springfields Fuel Fabrication Facility to support the United Kingdom’s next-generation nuclear reactors. The three awards totalling £10.5 million (€12.2 million) aim to support…
UK Announced A New Taskforce To Strengthen Nuclear Skills Following the launch of its flagship body Great British Nuclear (GBN), the UK Government announced the creation of a New Nuclear Skills Taskforce to support skills activity in the nuclear sector and to meet nuclear skills growth opportunities by bringing together government, employers and academia. It…
Tractebel To Support The First Light Fusion’s Project In Oxford Tractebel (ENS Corporate Member) and First Light Fusion signed a framework agreement to develop the first projectile fusion demonstrator in Oxford, United Kingdom. The Machine-4 (M4) is a research and experimental facility, which First Light will use to demonstrate Net Energy Gain – the process…
Urenco Signed STEM Partnership With Cambridge University Urenco (ENS Corporate Member) signed a multi-year partnership with the University of Cambridge, which aims to support nuclear energy-related higher education and attract and retain more and more talents to the sector. The Social Impact Partnership (SIP) with the Cambridge Nuclear Energy Centre (CNEC) let Urenco become a…
Framatome To Support Sizewell C Project In The UK Framatome (ENS Corporate Member) has signed several contracts with Sizewell C Ltd. to support the new nuclear build project in the UK. This signing follows the British Government Investment Decision in November 2022 to approve the construction of two EPR reactors at Sizewell on the Suffolk…
UK Gov’t Supports Urenco in Building An Advanced Fuels Facility The UK Government announced funding of £196m (€227.5m) to Urenco (ENS Corporate Member) to support the building of an advanced fuels facility at the Capenhurst enrichment site in the northwest of England. This will help to facilitate the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero’s…
Westinghouse AP300 Approved For GDA Application In The UK Westinghouse Electric Company (ENS Corporate Member) announced it has received formal approval from the UK Department of Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) to enter the Generic Design Assessment (GDA) for the AP300 Small Modular Reactor (SMR). The GDA process allows UK regulators to assess the standards…
EDF Announces Life Extensions for Four UK Nuclear Power Plants EDF (ENS Corporate Member) announced the lifetime extension of four nuclear power plants in the United Kingdom, so as to generate for longer in a boost to the country’s energy security and clean power targets. The four plants, all operating Advanced Gas Cooled Reactor technologies,…