Secretary of State Ed Miliband appoints Chris Stark to head new Mission Control tasked with turbocharging UK to clean power by 2030.

Chris Stark will lead a new control centre to turbocharge the government’s mission to provide Britain with cheaper and clean power by 2030, Energy Secretary Ed Miliband announced today (Tuesday 9 July). 

Heysham 2 power station is on track to become the UK’s most productive nuclear power station after hitting a significant generation milestone. It is one of seven Advanced Gas-Cooled Reactor stations that were designed and built as a fleet several decades ago and which together have operated alongside coal, then gas and more recently wind and solar sources.

A new video update from Hinkley Point C shows how the project is getting ready to install the heart of the new nuclear power station. Following last year’s “Dome Lift” when the reactor building roof was lifted in place, it features preparations to install the first nuclear reactor, the massive steam generators and the world’s largest turbine.

Ahead of Armed Forces Day, Rolls-Royce SMR Chief Executive, Chris Cholerton, has signed the Armed Forces Covenant as part of the organisation’s continued commitment to supporting those who serve or have served in the Armed Forces, and their families.

More than 130 delegates, with hundreds more joining virtually, attended Rolls-Royce SMR’s first Supplier Conference in Sheffield yesterday to discuss their vital role deploying a global fleet of Small Modular Reactor (SMR) power plants.

Representatives from small, medium and large organisations – from the UK and around the world – met senior Rolls-Royce SMR executives and supply chain specialists to understand how they can get involved in this transformative decarbonisation opportunity.

Nuclear Transport Solutions (NTS) has teamed up with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to provide support in the area of nuclear security and transport security of nuclear and other radioactive material.
Security experts from NTS signed a formal agreement – a Practical Arrangement – recognising the UK and NTS’s world-leading capabilities in the field of nuclear safety and security, and our long-standing relationship with the IAEA.

Altrad is delighted to announce its agreement to acquire Stork TS Holdings Limited which holds the Stork UK group of companies.

The transaction, which is likely to conclude in quarter three of 2024 – subject to the receipt of regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions – marks another significant milestone in Altrad’s development, whereby it invests in businesses that share its excitement, vision and values and a desire to add enhanced value to its clients.

Two weeks ahead of schedule, the first of the SIXEP Continuity Plant’s two gantry cranes has been installed at Sellafield in Cumbria, England

This is a major milestone and illustrates some of the extraordinary work that has been carried out by the SCP team, led by Altrad Babcock’s John Hall and Stefan Dipper.

The SIXEP Continuity Plant (SCP), one of the flagship projects being delivered by the Programme and Project Partners (PPP) at Sellafield, it is a vital major project which will clean effluent from site facilities.

The Rolls-Royce SMR Module Development Facility - housed within University of Sheffield’s Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre’s existing Factory 2050 facilities - will produce working prototypes of the individual modules that will be assembled into Rolls-Royce SMR power plants.

Babcock has reinforced its commitment to securing the critical nuclear skills the UK needs to deliver national security and energy resilience.

MEH Alliance celebrates milestone of 100 people employed from the Hinkley Support Operative Bronze Programme.

The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA), in collaboration with its subsidiary Nuclear Waste Services (NWS), has awarded two contracts to establish an innovative partnership for the enhanced management of asbestos waste.

The Asbestos Innovation Partnership (AIP) will work with the NDA, NWS and the supply chain, to test and develop new solutions to treat asbestos waste, helping to deliver efficiencies and enable more effective waste management.