Government announces nuclear package
Published : December 11, 2009
The Government this week announced a package of measures to support the UK civil nuclear industry.
The package is intended to provide help for UK-based companies to become an integral part of the domestic nuclear sector and to compete for a share of the expanding global market for civil nuclear power.
The package includes:
- A new Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (NAMRC) to be based in South Yorkshire alongside the AMRC, led by University of Sheffield in partnership with University of Manchester, with Rolls-Royce as the lead industrial partner.
- An additional £8m to upgrade the nuclear laboratories at Manchester University’s Dalton Nuclear Institute to support the NAMRC (in addition to the £15m Government has already committed to the NAMRC).
- Rolls-Royce’s planned civil nuclear factory in South Yorkshire.
- A Nuclear Low Carbon Economic Area (LCEA) in the North West and Yorkshire, led by NWDA in collaboration with Yorkshire Forward .
- As part of the Nuclear LCEA the North West will support the Manufacturing Advisory Service’s (MAS) nuclear services as part of the Nuclear LCEA, offering manufacturing companies advice and support to access the nuclear energy market.
