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Babcock Submarine Maintenance
Babcock secures £114 million contract to support first nuclear submarine defueling operations in 20 years

We have been awarded a three-year contract to prepare for the first nuclear defueling of a decommissioned Trafalgar Class submarine in over 20 years. The operations will take place at our Devonport facility in Plymouth, marking a significant milestone in the UK’s Submarine Dismantling Project.

Holtec selects Doncaster’s GatewayEast as home of new UK factory
Holtec selects Doncaster’s GatewayEast as home of new UK factory

Holtec Britain, an innovative leader in Small Modular Reactors (SMRs), and a finalist in Great British Nuclear’s SMR competition, has today selected GatewayEast, next to Doncaster-Sheffield Airport, as the preferred location for its planned new UK factory.

The company is now entering detailed negotiations with the developer, Peel Land. The landmark decision has been widely welcomed by Doncaster Mayor Ros Jones, South Yorkshire Mayor Oliver Coppard, local Labour MP Lee Pitcher, and industry leads.

Green light for construction
Green light for construction phase as Sizewell C triggers Development Consent Order

The project was granted permission to build in July 2022, and while preparatory works subsequently began, many obligations needed to be satisfied before construction could commence under its DCO.

Those obligations, set out in a Deed of Obligation document signed with East Suffolk Council and Suffolk County Council, and which included activity ranging from key road surveys to the establishment of Governance Groups, are all now satisfied and the formal construction phase of the project can begin.

Constellation and Meta Sign 20-Year Deal
Constellation and Meta Sign 20-Year Deal for Clean, Reliable Nuclear Energy

Constellation (Nasdaq: CEG) and Meta have signed a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) for the output of the Clinton Clean Energy Center to support Meta’s clean energy goals and operations in the region with 1,121 megawatts of emissions-free nuclear energy. Beginning in June of 2027, the agreement supports the relicensing and continued operations of Constellation’s high-performing Clinton nuclear facility for another two decades after the state’s ratepayer funded zero emission credit (ZEC) program expires.

Sizewell A delivers landmark demolition project
Sizewell A delivers landmark demolition project

The turbine hall and adjoining structures at Sizewell A former nuclear power station have been safely razed to the ground by Nuclear Restoration Services (NRS).

An area the size of a professional football pitch has been cleared, de-planted and demolished ready for its next use, creating a huge skyline change for the Suffolk coast.

NDA group deliver defueling milestone with EDF
NDA group deliver defueling milestone with EDF

The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) group played a pivotal role in defueling Hunterston B on time and on budget.

Yesterday (24 April) EDF announced Hunterston B nuclear power station has been successfully defueled on time and on budget, in less than three years, following rigorous checks by the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR).

The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) group played a pivotal role in achieving this milestone, collaborating with EDF to enable spent nuclear fuel to be safely and securely removed from the site.

Amentum and The University of Manchester Expand Strategic Partnership on World-Changing Technologies

Amentum, a global leader in advanced engineering and innovative technology solutions, has expanded its collaboration with The University of Manchester to drive advances in materials science, robotics, digitalisation, energy and social impact.  

Viking CCS Pipeline
Viking CCS Pipeline development consent decision announced

The Viking CCS Pipeline application has today been granted development consent by the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero.

AI Energy Council
AI Energy Council to ensure UK’s energy infrastructure ready for AI revolution

Industry heavyweights from the energy and technology sectors will descend on Whitehall today (8 April) for the first meeting of the UK’s new AI Energy Council.

Co-chaired by the Technology and Energy Secretaries, today’s inaugural meeting will see members agree the council’s objectives with a key aim focused on how the government’s clean energy superpower mission, and its commitment to advancing AI and compute infrastructure, can work together to deliver economic growth.

Underground hydrogen storage
Making the case for underground hydrogen storage in the UK

A new BGS science briefing note focuses on the potential of hydrogen storage to support the UK energy transition.

BGS briefing notes aim to communicate the latest scientific research in a succinct format to policymakers, industry and the general public. The latest note, ‘Underground hydrogen storage: insights and actions to support the energy transition’, outlines the current state of play in terms of hydrogen storage research and development, and names underground hydrogen storage as an emerging technology that will be crucial to support the UK’s transition to net zero.

Tušimice Power Station
Czechia’s largest utility selects Amentum for small modular reactor program

Czechia’s largest energy utility, has selected Amentum (NYSE: AMTM) to support its new nuclear program by advancing plans for two small modular reactors (SMRs).

Amentum’s Brno-based nuclear and project management specialists will deliver environmental impact assessment (EIA) reports relating to proposals for Rolls-Royce SMRs on sites at Temelin, home to an operating gigawatt nuclear station, and Tušimice, a coal-fired power station which is due for decommissioning.

What is Fusion
What is Fusion?

Humanity faces a future of severe challenges. If we want to continue to flourish, we need revolutionary new technology. That technology is fusion.

Fusion energy promises to be a safe, low carbon and sustainable part of the world’s future energy supply.