Posted by SONE on 2 May 2017 in NIA
Commenting on the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee report, Nuclear research and technology: Breaking the cycle of indecision, Tom Greatrex, Chief Executive of the Nuclear Industry Association (NIA), said: “The NIA shares the frustration of the Committee that the first stage of the Government’s Small Modular Reactor competition has been left hanging in the air.
Posted by SONE on 30 April 2017 in Newsletters
WHERE WILL IT ALL END? Just as it seemed that things were going reasonably well for new build nuclear energy projects in the UK the Prime Minister called a snap general election and that put discussion on much needed investment by the State in nuclear power on ...
Posted by SONE on 26 April 2017 in NIA
The National Skills Academy Nuclear (NSAN) and the Institut National des Sciences et Techniques Nucléaires (INSTN) have signed an agreement to strengthen their joint working on the skills for nuclear agenda across UK and France. The agreement was officially launched yesterday (25 April 2017) from the French Ambassador’s ...
Posted by SONE on 18 April 2017 in NIA
The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) and the ITER Organization have entered into a technical collaboration which will see the UKAEA’s centre for Remote Applications in Challenging Environments, RACE, host the ITER Remote Handling Test Facility (IRTF) for a period of at least five years. The UK Government ...
James Fisher Nuclear (JFN), part of James Fisher and Sons PLC, alongside partners WYG, took to the skies recently and made history with the first ever external Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) high resolution structural survey of a chimney stack within Sellafield’s high security chemical separation (SEP)active area. This ...
Posted by SONE on 31 March 2017 in Newsletters
THINKING AHEAD. This is a Newsletter with a difference. In part it is concerned with the future of SONE itself rather than the future of nuclear energy or a particular form of it. However, it also describes discussions we have been having with another organisation which supports nuclear.
Posted by SONE on 10 March 2017 in Newsletters
WE TOLD YOU SO. Around the time of last year’s annual meeting, some four months ago, a SONE committee member, Gerald Clark, made what was regarded by some (but not me) as an outrageous suggestion. He argued that the UK Government should consider investing directly in the nuclear industry.
Posted by SONE on 21 February 2017 in NIA
NuGen met with technical stakeholders and elected members of local councils to discuss progress of the project to build Europe’s largest new nuclear power station at Moorside in West Cumbria. The 2nd Stage of NuGen’s public consultation on plans for the Moorisde Project ended in July 2016 with ...
Commenting on the EU Withdrawal Bill and Clause 18 which suggests the UK will no longer be a member of Euratom after the UK leaves the EU, Tom Greatrex, Chief Executive of the Nuclear Industry Association, said: “The UK nuclear industry has made it crystal clear to the Government...
Horizon Nuclear Power and Exelon Generation today announced a partnership to advance Horizon’s progress towards becoming a world class nuclear operator. Exelon Generation, a leader in nuclear safety and operational excellence, operates the largest fleet of nuclear plants in the United States. This new operating partnership brings Exelon’s ...
Posted by SONE on 2 February 2017 in Newsletters
SMRs GET A BOOST AS HINKLEY FACES A CHALLENGE. This month has been notable for the considerable boost given to the development of the small modular reactor (SMR). Much of this has come from positive announcements in the United States and the United Kingdom...
Posted by SONE on 23 January 2017 in Historic
Horizon Nuclear Power has been cleared to begin purchasing major equipment for its proposed new reactor at Wylfa Newydd. The independent assessment organisation, Bureau Veritas, issued Horizon with a Licensee Certificate confirming that its internal arrangements are suitable...
Posted by SONE on 19 January 2017 in Historic
The UK-Japan Nuclear Industry Forum 2017 was held at the British Embassy in Tokyo this week, with companies from Japan and the UK meeting to discuss opportunities for working together more closely. Representatives from the UK nuclear industry – including NuGen and Toshiba, Britain’s Energy Coast Business Cluster.
Posted by SONE on 18 January 2017 in Historic
The supply chains of three countries came together this week to discuss how they can work in partnership to deliver Horizon Nuclear Power’s Wylfa Newydd project. At a two day event at the British Embassy in Tokyo, companies from the UK, Wales and Japan gathered...
Posted by SONE on 12 January 2017 in Historic
In a major step toward the deployment of the next generation of advanced nuclear technology, NuScale Power asked the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on December 31st, 2016 to approve the company’s small modular reactor (SMR) commercial power plant design. This is the first-ever SMR design certification application ...
Posted by SONE on 30 November 2016 in Newsletters
Welcome evidence that the Government is pressing ahead with plans to help secure a nuclear renaissance in the UK came this month with the announcement of a £20 million spend on the first phase of a new nuclear research and innovation programme.
