British researchers are helping in an international project to develop a new type of nuclear power station that is safer, more cost-effective, compact, quicker and less disruptive to build than any type previously constructed.
The French nuclear power provider has chosen British firms to do the majority of sub contracted work for its new Hinkley Point C power station.
Sheffield Forgemasters International celebrated a landmark moment this week with nuclear power plant designer Westinghouse UK as it became one of a handful of British companies to be certified to fabricate safety critical cast and forged components within nuclear power stations.
Britain’s next generation of nuclear power plants will be able to call on a new high-tech further education college to train their workforce.
US nuclear company Westinghouse has confirmed its parent company Toshiba has agreed to buy a 60 percent share in the NuGen Moorside project in Cumbria.
The government has given the go-ahead for the UK's first new nuclear station in nearly 60 years through a consortium led by French firm EDF Energy.
Work on the world's first, full-scale nuclear fusion project - ITER - will now enter the peak construction phase with the onsite workforce growing to 5,000 workers.
Manufacturing companies can now apply to join a new support programme to help them compete for work in the civil nuclear industry.
A poll by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers has found that 43% of the public would back a government subsidy for the construction of new nuclear power in the UK
A 200-cubic metre electron beam welding chamber is being delivered to the Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre near Rotherham.
