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However, on 18 July 2023, BNFL was resurrected as Great British Nuclear, with the aim of delivering the government's long-term nuclear programme and supporting its ambition to deliver up to 24 GW of nuclear power in the UK by 2050. [2] Great British Nuclear is running a small modular reactor (SMR) competition which will place between one and ...
The NIA holds conferences for its members. Its annual conference, Nuclear 2016, took place on 1 December 2016. The conference was previously known as "Energy Choices and #Nuclear – Powering the UK". The Energy Minister, Andrea Leadsom, spoke at the 2015 event. The NIA also holds a biennial Nuclear New Build conference.
The 2004 Act also established the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA), which on 1 April 2005 took ownership and responsibility for the liabilities relating to the cleanup of UK nuclear sites. The authority became a contractor for the NDA for the decommissioning work at Dounreay , Harwell , Windscale, Winfrith and the JET facilities at Culham.
LONDON (Reuters) -Nearly 2,000 staff at a British company that makes and maintains nuclear warheads will vote on whether to carry out industrial action in a dispute over pay, a union said on ...
The Civil Nuclear Constabulary (CNC) (Welsh: Heddlu Sifil Niwclear) is a special police force responsible for providing law enforcement and security at any relevant nuclear site and for security of nuclear materials in transit within the United Kingdom. [4] The force has over 1,500 police officers and support staff. [5]
The department was established on 7 February 2023. The creation of the new department was described by Downing Street as an opportunity to "focus on giving the UK cheaper, cleaner, more secure sources of energy – cutting bills, cutting emissions, and cutting dependence on international energy supplies."
The United Kingdom National Nuclear Laboratory (UKNNL, formerly National Nuclear Laboratory and earlier Nexia Solutions) is a UK government owned and operated nuclear services technology provider covering the whole of the nuclear fuel cycle. It is fully customer-funded and operates at six locations in the United Kingdom.
However the ACR-1000 and ESBWR were subsequently withdrawn from the assessment for commercial reasons, [14] [15] leaving the EPR and AP1000 as contenders for British new nuclear builds. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] Assessment of the AP1000 was suspended in December 2011 at Westinghouse's request, awaiting a firm UK customer before addressing issues raised by ...