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SIZEWELL C GEARS UP FOR CONSTRUCTION PHASE Sizewell C has triggered its Development Consent Order (DCO), enabling formal construction of the new 3.2GW nuclear power station on the Suffolk coast to begin. The project was granted permission to build in July 2022. While preparatory works were started, obligations such as key road surveys and the establishment of governance groups had to be satisfied before construction could commence under its DCO. These requirements have been met and the formal construction phase can begin. Sizewell C joint managing directors Julia Pyke FEI, HonFNucl and Nigel Cann said it was a significant moment for the project and a big step for British energy security. “We’ve had a really successful year of pre-commencement works on site, and we’ve been working hard with local partners and organisations to ensure we’re ready to take this next step for the project,” they said. Sizewell C will deliver 1,500 apprenticeships and support thousands of jobs across the country, with at least one-third of the peak construction workforce of 7,900 coming from the local area. The project will invest in local skills to ensure there is a pipeline of talent ready, not only to build and operate Sizewell C, but to support the UK’s future nuclear ambitions. Read more online: https://lnkd.in/e2V2V36N Follow the British Tunnelling Society for the latest insight on tunnel-related matters To learn about the benefits of joining the British Tunnelling Society click here: https://bit.ly/3r0MPoU #BritishTunnellingSociety #civilengineering #undergroundconstruction #tunnelling

Sizewell C project gets extra £1.3bn for enabling works The government has injected an extra £1.3bn to support the construction of #SizewellC #nuclear #powerstation on the Suffolk coast. Govrnment puts up an extra £1.3bn to continue enabling works Representing the largest funding package to date, the cash will allow early construction works to continue ahead of a final investment decision later this year. The funding from existing budgets will support ongoing preparatory works such as improvements to roads and rail lines around the Suffolk site, ensuring the necessary local #infrastructure is in place before full construction begins. Committing further government support at this stage will help the project stay on schedule and keep down overall costs. The Development Consent Order (DCO) triggered by Sizewell C on 15 January gave the formal green light for construction to begin and released £250m funding for initiatives for the local community and environment. Investing an additional £1.3 billion consolidates the government’s position as the majority shareholder in the project. It follows a £700m funding pledge in November 2022 and a further £511m agreed last summer. Julia Pyke FEI, HonFNucl, joint managing director at Sizewell C, said: “The funding means we can step up activity in Suffolk and deliver on our commitments to local communities. “Sizewell C will build on the huge contribution of Hinkley Point C in restarting nuclear construction in Britain. “It will bring another big boost to British nuclear skills and training, putting the industry in an even better position to deliver the other projects this country needs for its low carbon future. In addition to the 500 people employed so far, Sizewell C has plans to award 70% of the value of #construction to UK businesses, helping to create thousands of jobs in Suffolk and nationwide. The project will also create 1,500 apprenticeships, helping to build the skills base to support the UK’s long-term plans for new nuclear. Once operational, the plant will generate 3.2GW of electricity, equating to 7% of the UK’s needs and enough to power up to 6 million British households for over 60 years. https://lnkd.in/e6UxZSwV

The government has injected an extra £1.3bn to support the construction of Sizewell C nuclear power station on the Suffolk coast. Representing the largest funding package to date, the cash will allow early construction works to continue ahead of a final investment decision later this year. The funding from existing budgets will support ongoing preparatory works such as improvements to roads and rail lines around the Suffolk site, ensuring the necessary local infrastructure is in place before full construction begins. Committing further government support at this stage will help the project stay on schedule and keep down overall costs. The Development Consent Order (DCO) triggered by Sizewell C on 15 January gave the formal green light for construction to begin and released £250m funding for initiatives for the local community and environment. Investing an additional £1.3 billion consolidates the government’s position as the majority shareholder in the project. It follows a £700m funding pledge in November 2022 and a further £511m agreed last summer. Julia Pyke, joint managing director at Sizewell C, said: “The funding means we can step up activity in Suffolk and deliver on our commitments to local communities. “Sizewell C will build on the huge contribution of Hinkley Point C in restarting nuclear construction in Britain. “It will bring another big boost to British nuclear skills and training, putting the industry in an even better position to deliver the other projects this country needs for its low carbon future.” In addition to the 500 people employed so far, Sizewell C has plans to award 70% of the value of construction to UK businesses, helping to create thousands of jobs in Suffolk and nationwide. The project will also create 1,500 apprenticeships, helping to build the skills base to support the UK’s long-term plans for new nuclear. Once operational, the plant will generate 3.2GW of electricity, equating to 7% of the UK’s needs and enough to power up to 6 million British households for over 60 years. [Construction Enquirer] #sizewell #energy #nuclearenergy

Best invest in Building and talking about Fusion power, space, maritime propulsion systems and industry as data centres are. Great Headline, Guardian on Nuclear fission. https://lnkd.in/g8sMZtpR People talk about Nuclear (meaning Fission) and fail to discuss fusion. https://lnkd.in/ge_aeX7M The nuclear fission industry is ignorant of what's happening around it. It must pull its collective uranium heads out of the sand and prepare to enter the commercially growing fusion energy industry. Fission is moving towards obsolescence at an ever-increasing pace, as it is "out of step, out of time, out of place, and soon to be out of Fuel" and merely temporary. https://lnkd.in/gbd_mZqk By 2028, Helion is expected to start producing electricity from its first fusion commercial power plant, which will provide electricity to Microsoft. The plant will produce at least 50 MWe after an initial ramp-up period. https://lnkd.in/gY9J3MQY Now, see what is happening in the world of the fusion industry. https://lnkd.in/g9hMBD7a As fission trebles, fuel shortage is increasingly real, https://lnkd.in/gze5rwpr

✍ Hinkley's once in a generation economic impact shows why we need to get on with Sizewell C Nuclear Industry Association's CEO Tom Greatrex assesses new figures released this week which show the significant impact Hinkley Point C is having on the social and economic make-up of the South West of England, with 8,000 people trained so far, many of whom are from deprived areas, 1,300 apprentices trained and over £5 billion spent with local businesses. 'Sizewell C is in line to deliver these once in a lifetime benefits we’re seeing at Hinkley with a supply chain and workforce ready to take on the challenge. We now need the Government to get to a Final Investment Decision so we can unlock the same benefits to the East of England and continue the revival of Britain’s industrial workforce.' https://lnkd.in/ebdf-_aG #nuclear #netzeroneedsnuclear

Good read. Benefits from Public-private partnerships in vitally important industries like clean energy pan short term, mid term and long term for residents and future generations. 

OPTIONS FOR UK TO REACH 24 GWs by 2050... EPR vs SMRs Is the "Versailles" EPR the only option at Sizewell? Seven Rolls Royce SMRs would amount to 3200 MWs. At L35 billion total for Sizewell C, each RR unit would need to beat L5 billion (for a 470 MW reactor). With a "fleet" order of 7 (like Dreadnought, or AUKUS), RR could beat L3.5 billion a unit -- less than L25 billion total. With more jobs in UK than in France, non?. 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸?  OR... for L35 billion, UK could get TEN RR units for 4700 MWs (about 38 million MWhs a year), instead of just 3200 MWs (26 million MWhs)... oui? That is nearly 45% - 50% more MWhs every year for the same money. What is "Value for Money"? With more jobs in the "Midlands Engine". Additionally, with 7 or 10 units, instead of taking down 1600 MWs of EPR off-line for fuel changeout, only 470 MWs would need to be off-line for 2-3 months. Any SMR configuration would provide more MWhs. Eh? Some might say, "Well, the RR unit has not been built yet"... a similar PWR design is working in subs now, has been for decades, now upgraded to the PWR3 in 2011. The problem with the EPR is that, yes it has been built... we know what that costs. #NuclearEnergy #NuclearforNetZero

Big Decisions Ahead for Rolls-Royce SMR 🏭 Rolls-Royce is potentially on the brink of a significant move by considering "a range of options" for its Rolls-Royce SMR subsidiary. This step can secure additional funding and carve out a future in the UK's deployment of small modular reactors (SMRs). Industry buzz picked up steam with the Sunday Telegraph's report, where Rolls-Royce CEO Tufan Erginbilgic confirmed ongoing discussions with potential investors. The scenario isn't just about investments but about creating strategic partnerships. With £280M already invested by stakeholders like BNF Resources and the Qatar Investment Authority, and a £210M grant from the UK government, Rolls-Royce SMR aims to raise hundreds of millions more. This move could position them advantageously in the burgeoning SMR market, leveraging their first-mover status 🚀. The underpinning progress can't be overlooked. Following their submission to the Great British Nuclear competition and advancing to Step 3 of the Generic Design Assessment, Rolls-Royce SMR is undoubtedly making waves. All this momentum underscores the growing investor interest and the strategic choices ahead for Rolls-Royce. #NuclearEnergy #InnovationsInEnergy #UKTech

AtkinsRéalis' Nuclear sector is more than 4,000 people strong, up from just over 2,000 when I took over in 2022. Doubling the workforce in two years—in a highly regulated, highly skilled, high-barriers-to-entry industry—is no small feat. It was all made possible by an incredible HR team that has implemented effective recruitment strategies to deliver on our workforce needs; because our work has also doubled in the last two years.  With an eye to the future, we’ve got an early careers starter program that includes hiring hundreds of graduates across our sector. We have various partnerships with several of the leading universities and colleges in Ontario, which build CANDU-based materials into the curriculum. We also have new partnerships in the US for Nuclear Engineering, with an initial focus on the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Northwestern University and Washington State University.  We’ve laid the groundwork to prepare to support the strongest nuclear power market in 40 years. In the years ahead, we expect our sector’s headcount to grow to more than 6,000 people.  #EngineeringABetterFuture #NetZeroNeedsNuclear #TogetherChangesEverything #MakeItBrilliant 

West Midlands have thrown a gauntlet down to Oliver Coppard and the team at South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority to become the location for Holtec’s small modular reactors in the UK. The first of the four shortlisted sites to be visited by the Holtec team, the West Midlands, clearly made a big impression with its High Value Manufacturing Catapult the MTC - Manufacturing Technology Centre taking centre stage. The company's UK Adviser, DameJulia King, Baroness Brown of Cambridge, said they "were highly impressed by the state-of-the-art facilities we saw at the MTC in Ansty Park, in particular their additive manufacturing and cross sector research, as well as the team’s passion, confidence and enthusiasm for attracting high quality jobs and investment." Oliver had doubtless planned to top that with a visit to the purpose-built and equipped Nuclear AMRC which was established with £25 million from the last Labour Government in 2009 and funded today by the High Value Manufacturing Catapult . That may now be problematic as the The University of Sheffield has issued redundancy notices to all 130 Nuclear AMRC research engineers, including its CEO and former nuclear apprentice, Andrew Storer. Ironically it was Labour Business Secretary, Lord Peter Mandelson, who awarded the funding saying: "We know that we have to make the transition to a low carbon future, and the Government is determined to ensure that British businesses get the support they need to seize the business opportunities that transition creates. "The civil nuclear sector is one of the key low carbon industries where the UK has the potential for job creation, economic growth and engineering and manufacturing excellence. Today's announcement is about investing in a greener, smarter, more skilled, more balanced British economy." AMRC founder Keith Ridgway, who beat off fierce competition for the new facility, told Lord Mandelson that it would be the catalyst for building a civil nuclear energy supply chain in the UK: "We are confident that the success of the AMRC which has worked so closely with global aerospace companies such as Boeing and Rolls-Royce can be translated into the nuclear industry." Tom Riordan CBE, then CEO of Yorkshire Forward and big supporter of the embryonic AMRC said: "This investment, and others like it, puts the region at the very heart of the UK's energy sector and cements our position as a centre of excellence for manufacturing, to a global marketplace." The loss of 100 jobs, however, and the transfer to the AMRC of those remaining would spell the end of what Mandelson, Riordan and Ridgway had created and the death of the Nuclear AMRC. Already, many of its best and brightest engineers are being head hunted by private sector firms keen to capture their talent, experience and knowledge. Koen Lamberts and Oliver Coppard may need a comms guru of Gerry McFall's stature to finesse this one. Unfortunately he is on the visiting side.