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A research partnership between the UK's Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) and National Decommissioning Centre (NDC), formed in 2022, is already helping the energy sector to reduce costs and emissions, improve environmental outcomes and deliver sustainable net-zero decommissioning.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 03 February 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/UK-decommissioning-research-partnership-begins-to
UK engineers from University of Glasgow, University of Manchester, Bristol Robotics Laboratory and Heriot-Watt University are developing the Symbiotic Multi-Robot Fleet (SMuRF) system, which could help with NPP decommissioning.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 21 December 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newscollaborating-robot-fleet-may-support-npp-decommissioning-11387398
The Guardian newspaper has recently published two articles about the UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority’s (NDA’s) Sellafield site, both of which have been strongly repudiated by Sellafield Ltd.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 08 December 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newssellafield-repudiates-guardian-articles-on-cyber-attacks-and-leaks-11354910
South Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy (MOTIE) and the UK’s Department for Energy Security & Net Zero (DESNZ) signed a Clean Energy Partnership during the state visit of President Yoon Suk Yeo to the UK. The partnership was signed by MOTIE’s Minister Bang Moon Kyu and the UK Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, Claire Coutinho. It reaffirms their consensus on the initiatives of the Carbon Free Alliance, expanding technology collaboration in clean energy and establishing high-level discussions on these agendas.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Saturday, 25 November 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newskorea-and-uk-establish-clean-energy-partnership-11323898
A new Clean Energy Partnership between the UK and South Korea, together with nine memorandums of understanding regarding cooperation in nuclear energy, have been signed during a state visit by Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol to the UK. The construction of Korean-designed reactors in the UK will be considered.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 23 November 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/South-Korea,-UK-agree-to-bolster-nuclear-cooperati
Great British Nuclear (GBN) is to drive rapid expansion of nuclear power in the UK at an unprecedented scale and pace as the government kickstarts a competition to encourage the development of small modular reactor (SMR) technology. A joint statement from the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero, GBN, the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA), Energy Security Secretary Grant Shapps, and Nuclear Minister Andrew Bowie announced “a massive revival of nuclear power”. This is intended to place the UK “at the forefront of a global race to develop cutting-edge technologies to rapidly deliver cleaner, cheaper, more secure energy”.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 21 July 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsuk-launches-nuclear-revival-11019899
Companies can register their interest with the newly launched Great British Nuclear (GBN) for the competition to secure funding support which the UK government says could lead to billions of pounds invested in small modular reactor (SMR) projects.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 19 July 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/UK-launching-SMR-selection-competition
US-based Westinghouse Electric Company has signed a contract extension with EDF Energy Nuclear Generation Limited (NGL) to supply fuel for the UK’s Advanced Gas Cooled Reactors (AGRs) from its Springfields fuel fabrication facility in the UK.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Saturday, 01 July 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newswestinghouse-contracted-to-supply-fuel-to-uk-agrs-10978749
Five major companies have made key announcements on their plans to advance small modular reactor (SMR) deployment in the UK. While Rolls-Royce SMR shortlisted three sites for a factory to produce component for its planned SMR; Balfour Beatty and Holtec with Hyundai agreed to support plans for the construction of Holtec’s SMR-160; and GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) submitted a Generic Design Assessment (GDA) application for its BWRX-300 SMR to the UK Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS).
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 23 December 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newssmr-competition-heats-up-in-the-uk-10456556
The UK government has announced GBP3.3 million (USD3.8 million) in funding to support the development of advanced nuclear technology. Six projects aimed at developing Advanced Modular Reactors (AMRs) in the UK have been selected to receive funding totalling GBP2.5 million.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 03 September 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/UK-government-funding-for-advanced-reactor-develop