The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority has announced it’s establishing a Plutonium Ceramics Academic Hub with the Universities of Manchester and Sheffield.

The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) has announced it’s establishing a Plutonium Ceramics Academic Hub with the Universities of Manchester and Sheffield.

It follows a commitment from NDA Group CEO, David Peattie, of a £5 million investment over the next five years in postgraduate research to contribute the NDA’s nationally important plutonium disposition strategy work.

AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear company with offices around the world, has today announced the appointment of Richard Robinson as President – Asia, Middle East & Australia (AMEA) and Chris Ball as President – UK & Ireland, effective 1 March 2025.

Great British Nuclear (GBN) is making the step forward from start-up to a permanent organisation, marking a pivotal moment in its mission to deliver growth from nuclear and help deliver the Government’s Plan for Change and clean energy superpower mission.

Over the next 18 months, Britain’s largest low-carbon energy project at Hinkley Point C will create 3,000 new jobs in Somerset as it approaches peak construction, with around 15,000 people expected to be building the new power station. The growth will create new opportunities for local people to get better skills and jobs with the project.

Hinkley Point C has also announced that the number of apprentices trained has passed a new milestone of 1,500 - 500 more than the original target - with more to come. 70% of them from the South-West.

Office For Nuclear Regulation (ONR) Confirms Entry Into Licensing Process For Company’s South Wales Project

Last Energy Becomes First SMR Developer Admitted Into UK Site Licensing

London, United Kingdom — Last Energy, a Washington, D.C.-based micro-nuclear technology developer, announced today confirmation from the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR), the United Kingdom’s nuclear regulator, that it has formally entered the nuclear site licensing (NSL) process for its plans to develop four 20 MWe microreactors in South Wales.

As part of our National Apprenticeship Week 2025 focus on apprenticeships in the NDA group, Lauren Gorge - an Information Assurance Advisor at Nuclear Transport Solutions (NTS) - shares her apprenticeship journey:

I’m Lauren Gorge, an Information Assurance Advisor at Nuclear Transport Solutions (NTS), where I work as part of the Security and Resilience Directorate within the Information Governance Team.

Linxon Americas earns the prestigious Great Place to Work® certification for 2024, celebrating a diverse and inclusive workplace that fosters innovation and collaboration

We are proud to announce that our Hub Americas has once again been recognized as a Great Place to Work® in 2024. This prestigious certification underscores our commitment to fostering a workplace where every individual can thrive, collaborate, and feel genuinely valued.

Sizewell C is already delivering £2.5bn in contracts to nearly 300 UK suppliers, the project announced today as it marked its first year of construction on the Suffolk coast.    

The 3.2GW nuclear power project – which will deliver 70% of its construction value to UK companies and support 70,000 high-quality jobs across the UK – is committed to spending £4.4bn in the East of England alone across the construction period. In its first year of construction, the Suffolk-based project surpassed £100m in local contracts.  

Households across the country are set to benefit from cheaper bills and warmer homes as the government accelerates its Plan for Change.

Families have faced rocketing energy bills as a direct consequence of an overreliance on international gas markets, while at the same time thousands of tenants have been left exposed to cold, draughty homes, pushing bills up even higher.

GE Vernova’s nuclear business, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH), has signed another series of Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) with two major UK nuclear engineering firms - Boccard and Cavendish Nuclear.

National Apprenticeship Week will take place 10-16 February 2025, with people from across the country being asked to get involved by sharing the good work apprentices do. NAW will highlight how apprenticeships are an excellent option to consider for young people wishing to start a career, for employees looking to progress in their current role or retrain for a new career, or for employers needing to fill skills gaps to help grow their business.

More nuclear power plants will be approved across England and Wales as the Prime Minister slashes red tape to get Britain building - as part of his Plan for Change.

Reforms to planning rules will clear a path for smaller, and easier to build nuclear reactors – known as Small Modular Reactors –to be built for the first time ever in the UK. This will create thousands of new highly skilled jobs while delivering clean, secure and more affordable energy for working people.