Support for civil nuclear sector

On Thursday 3 December, Lord Mandelson announced a package of measures to support the UK’s civil nuclear industry.

Appointment of North West and Yorkshire as a Nuclear Low carbon Economic Area (LCEA), led by the North West Development Agency (NWDA) in collaboration with Yorkshire Forward.
A new Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (NAMRC) is to be based in South Yorkshire Advanced Manufacturing website here The lead University is Sheffield in partnership with Manchester, with Rolls-Royce as the lead industrial partner.
The Government has committed £15m from the Strategic Investment Fund to NAMRC. This is a commitment under the Low Carbon Industrial Strategy . An additional £8m will be allocated to upgrade the nuclear laboratories at Manchester University’s Dalton Nuclear Institute to support the NAMRC.

It will bring together university research and industrial expertise to develop manufacturing techniques and components that will meet the demand for new nuclear power stations. It will also benefit supply chain companies with support in securing accreditation to compete in the civil nuclear sector
Rolls-Royce plan a civil nuclear factory in South Yorkshire. This is part of an investment programme announced on 28 July 2009, which included £45m of investment from the Government.
As part of the Nuclear LCEA the North West will support the Manufacturing Advisory Service’s (MAS), offering advice and support to access the nuclear energy market by supporting the MAS national network.

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