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Rolls-Royce announces £12m Derby facility to power nuclear ambitions

Rolls-Royce has announced plans to open a new £12 million facility in Derby, which will play a key role in the delivery of mini nuclear power stations both in the UK and overseas. Pioneer Works will be Rolls-Royce SMR’s first manufacturing development centre where it will establish the build processes, precision assembly and advanced testing needed to de-risk the delivery of its Small Modular Reactor projects in the UK, Czechia and Sweden. A non-nuclear site, it will house specialist engineering […]

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Rolls-Royce signs agreements for UK advanced nuclear technologies

Rolls-Royce has announced it has signed two trilateral agreements to accelerate the introduction of advanced nuclear technologies in the UK. The engineering giant has signed Memorandums of Cooperation with the United Kingdom National Nuclear Laboratory (UKNNL) and Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA). The three parties will cooperate to advance High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Advanced Modular Reactor (AMR) technology and the next generation Coated Particle Fuel (CPF) that powers them. These agreements build upon the existing relationships between Rolls-Royce and UKNNL, and between […]

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The Kedleston Road Campus of the University of Derby (Credit/Copyright: Beth Walsh)

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University of Derby part of consortium set to strengthen UK’s nuclear skills capabilities

The University of Derby is part of two university consortia that have been awarded funding to lead new doctoral training programmes designed to develop the UK’s future nuclear workforce. The government recently announced a £65.6 million investment for a bespoke nuclear Doctoral Focal Award. Delivered by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and match-funded by industry, the programmes will train more than 500 doctoral students at universities across the country, over the next four academic intakes. The University of Derby is […]

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