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Corhyn Parr VP International Business Development.
Amentum Announces Corhyn Parr as Vice President of International Business Development

Amentum (NYSE: AMTM), a global leader in advanced engineering and innovative technology solutions, today announced the appointment of Corhyn Parr as Vice President of International Business Development.

Corhyn joins Amentum after a distinguished tenure as CEO of Nuclear Waste Services, a subsidiary of the UK’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA), where she played a pivotal role in advancing the UK’s nuclear waste management strategies and initiatives.

Gender-balanced workforce
A gender-balanced workforce can be achieved without quotas

A gender-balanced workforce can be achieved without the need for quotas. That is according to Julia Pyke, joint managing director at Sizewell C, which is setting new benchmarks for diversity. It can today announce that its leadership team is now 65% female – surpassing the nuclear industry’s 2030 diversity target.

Amentum signing Sizewell C Contract
Amentum to Deliver Program and Project Management for New UK Nuclear Power Station

Amentum has been selected as sole program and project management delivery partner for Sizewell C, a new nuclear power station that will strengthen the United Kingdom’s energy security.

Philip Hoare
Group Chief Executive succession

Balfour Beatty plc, the international infrastructure group, today announces that Leo Quinn will step down from the Board later this year, after over 10 years as Group Chief Executive.

Following an extensive international search, Philip Hoare, Chief Operating Officer, AtkinsRéalis, has been chosen by the Board to succeed him and will join the Group in September of this year.

Sizewell C as the best prepared nuclear project
MP update shows Sizewell C as the best prepared nuclear project in modern nuclear history

An update delivered to MPs by Sizewell C, the 3.2GW nuclear power station under construction in Suffolk and majority owned by the government, outlines the progress made since the project received its Development Consent Order (DCO) one year ago.

GBN at final stage of Small Modular Reactor selection process
Great British Nuclear at final stage of Small Modular Reactor selection process

Great British Nuclear (GBN) has entered the final stage of the UK’s Small Modular Reactor (SMR) selection process and is on track to make final decisions in the Spring.

An Invitation to Submit Final Tender (ISFT) has been issued to the four remaining vendors, GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy International LLC, Holtec Britain Ltd, Rolls-Royce SMR Limited, and Westinghouse Electric Company UK Ltd.

Westinghouse Awarded Contract to Evaluate Deployment of AP1000
Westinghouse Awarded Contract to Evaluate Deployment of AP1000® Reactor in Slovenia

Feasibility Study to Evaluate Deployment of One Reactor at the Proposed Krško-II Nuclear Power Plant

Cranberry Township, PA, January 30, 2025 – Westinghouse Electric Company announced today the signing of a contract with Slovenia’s state-owned power company GEN energija to conduct a Technical Feasibility Study (TFS) assessing the deployment of an AP1000® reactor in support of its nuclear new-build strategy. Westinghouse has teamed with Hyundai Engineering & Construction Company to conduct the TFS.

Rolls-Royce SMR and Siemens Energy partner
Rolls-Royce SMR and Siemens Energy partner in Small Modular Reactor deployment

Rolls-Royce SMR has selected Siemens Energy, a world-leader in nuclear steam turbine technology, as its global turbine systems partner.

Rolls-Royce SMR and Siemens Energy bring together their expertise in an exclusive partnership agreement to provide the complete turbine systems package covering, design, manufacture, installation and commissioning for a global fleet of ‘factory-built’ small modular reactor (SMR) power plants.

NDA Plutonium Store
NDA funds Plutonium Ceramics Academic Hub with universities

The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority has announced it’s establishing a Plutonium Ceramics Academic Hub with the Universities of Manchester and Sheffield.

The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) has announced it’s establishing a Plutonium Ceramics Academic Hub with the Universities of Manchester and Sheffield.

It follows a commitment from NDA Group CEO, David Peattie, of a £5 million investment over the next five years in postgraduate research to contribute the NDA’s nationally important plutonium disposition strategy work.

Chris Ball
AtkinsRéalis appoints new regional presidents for AMEA and UK & Ireland

AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear company with offices around the world, has today announced the appointment of Richard Robinson as President – Asia, Middle East & Australia (AMEA) and Chris Ball as President – UK & Ireland, effective 1 March 2025.

Great British Nuclear
Great British Nuclear Announces Key Leaders to Power Next Phase

Great British Nuclear (GBN) is making the step forward from start-up to a permanent organisation, marking a pivotal moment in its mission to deliver growth from nuclear and help deliver the Government’s Plan for Change and clean energy superpower mission.

NNB Apprentices
3,000 new jobs in Somerset as Hinkley Point C hits peak construction

Over the next 18 months, Britain’s largest low-carbon energy project at Hinkley Point C will create 3,000 new jobs in Somerset as it approaches peak construction, with around 15,000 people expected to be building the new power station. The growth will create new opportunities for local people to get better skills and jobs with the project.

Hinkley Point C has also announced that the number of apprentices trained has passed a new milestone of 1,500 - 500 more than the original target - with more to come. 70% of them from the South-West.