Nuclear AMRC receives £37.1m to support research programme

The programme, in partnership with industrial members, focuses on the civil nuclear new-build industry, but is said to have broad applicability across the nuclear value chain and other industries in the energy sector.

Director of the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre, Prof Keith Ridgway, said: ‘The programme we are operating at the Nuclear AMRC is ambitious and high-impact when compared with other supplier development initiatives, providing strong support for UK suppliers with aspirations to address the global civil nuclear new-build opportunity, and creating process technology and intellectual property that will enable export-led growth and long-term competitive advantage for UK supply chains.

‘This is a vital opportunity for British manufacturing companies, and we want to support the supply chain in developing the skills to operate in this high-value market, in the same way as we have so successfully worked together in relation to aerospace. It is believed that this market could be worth more than £500bn over the next 10 years.’