Sam Orchard

The Nuclear Industry Association’s newly released Jobs Map 2025 confirms what many in the sector already know: the South West is leading the UK’s civil nuclear workforce transformation. With 31,000 people now employed across the region, the South West has tripled its nuclear workforce in just a decade, up from 8,000 in 2015. This remarkable …

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The UK’s nuclear sector is facing a workforce crunch. With 80% of employers reporting talent shortages, the pressure is mounting to find, train, and retain skilled professionals across civil and defence programmes. In response, the South West Regional Hub (SWH) has emerged as a key delivery arm of the Nuclear Skills Taskforce, translating national ambition …

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  The Severn Edge Vision, incorporating the decommissioned sites at Oldbury-on-Severn and Berkeley, as well as the land designated for new nuclear under the existing energy policy (NPS-6), sets out Western Gateway’s ambition to develop a low-carbon energy hub at Severn Edge. It forms part of Western Gateway’s wider vision to create a low-carbon super …

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Open Nuclear and the National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) are delighted to announce their latest challenge, looking for innovative solutions that remotely characterise nuclear wastes and residues within a range of containers (details of the challenge below). A challenge webinar will take place at 10:30am on 27 February 2024 where you will have the opportunity to …

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