20.12.19
Special Christmas Lecture: Golden Egg or Poisoned Chalice? The Story of Nuclear Power in the UK (based on the recently published book) Presented by: Tony Wooldridge & Stephen Druce
On 9th December, Stephen Druce gave a public lectu...
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20.12.19
Central England Branch held its Annual Dinner at Oxford Spires Four Pillars Hotel on Thursday, 10 October 2019. Over 160 guests attended the dinner. The dinner was hosted by Chairman of the Branch, Dr Mehdi Askarieh.
As usual, t...
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20.12.19
On 27th November, Mark Bankhead (Technologist, National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL)) gave a public lecture organised by Central England Branch of the Nuclear Institute and Thames Valley Branch of Association for Project Management (APM). More...
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20.12.19
David Peattie, CEO of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA), is set to become the new WiN UK Patron.
WiN UK’s mission is to address the industry’s gender balance, improving the representation of women in leadership, and en...
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11.12.19
Women in Nuclear’s (WiN) North East group recently held a ‘Motivation and Mentoring’ Networking event, sponsored by Jacobs. Presenters from North East-based companies, including EDF Energy, PDL Solutions and Assystem, shared ex...
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11.12.19
The 2019 YGN Annual Seminar was held on Thursday 7th November in Bristol at the Bristol Harbour Hotel with 220+ professionals in attendance, representing over 30 companies. After a hugely successful seminar in 2018 themed around the Nuclear Sect...
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29.11.19
At a ceremony hosted by Princess Anne, Fiona was recently inducted as a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering. Fiona commented, "As you can imagine, I am absolutely delighted about this and honoured to have been at a black tie dinner&n...
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30.09.19
The running of the Arkwright summer school was led by the Smallpeice Trust this year and this meant it was open to all Arkwright scholars rather than just those supported by the industry. As a result 28 young scholars attended the week at...
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16.09.19
What is the YGN Excellence Prize?
The YGN Excellence Prize is an award for newcomers to the Nuclear Industry (less than five years’ nuclear experience) who have gone above and beyond the roles required of them. There is a specific emphasi...
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11.09.19
Members from the 10 WiN UK regional teams left their first conference enthused, after learning about each other’s recent successes and working together on initiatives to improve gender balance in the nuclear industry.
From...
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05.09.19
Marine Engineering Officers and Ratings of the Submarine Service are set to benefit from enhanced development opportunities, thanks to professional recognition from the Nuclear Institute (NI)
The Royal Navy Submarine Service and the Defence Sc...
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05.09.19
For the second consecutive year, professionally registered engineers and technicians have reported higher average salaries than their unregistered colleagues according to the 2019 Salary Survey produced by The Engineer.
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02.09.19
Hoesung Lee, Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), is scheduled to deliver an address on the opening day. In a report last October, the IPCC featured four model pathways for limiting global warming to 1.5°C above pre...
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08.08.19
Fresh thinking on nuclear innovation
As part of the Nuclear Innovation UK conference in early July, members of the Nuclear Institute’s Young Generation Network and other nuclear professionals aged 18–36 were challenged with answering...
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06.08.19
Having made the decision to transition from Corporate Affiliate Membership to establishing a Company Membership Scheme (CMS) for their nuclear sector employees, Wood’s Senior Leadership Team rapidly implemented an in-company enrolment sche...
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31.07.19
Organised to inspire the next generation of public speakers, the annual Nuclear Institute Young Generation Network Speaking Competition encourages industry energy enthusiasts to present a talk directly related to “nuclear energy&...
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26.06.19
The highly anticipated YGN annual day seminar and dinner returns in 2019 in the fantastic city of Bristol.
This hugely popular event includes a daytime seminar that will include insights from speakers from across the industry d...
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11.06.19
The continual development and recognition of environmental professionals is something to be celebrated. With this in mind, the Society for the Environment is highlighting organisations that truly champion their Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv)...
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31.05.19
The power of connecting virtually led to the successful launch of our latest WiN Region in London & South East on April 24th at Herbert Smith Freehills in Central London, where the newly formed Regional Team met in person as a whole te...
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30.05.19
The Nuclear Institute North East Branch hosted the annual YGN Speaking Competition on Wednesday 22nd May. This year’s edition was returning to EDF Hartlepool power station and was sponsored by EDF Energy, PDL Solutions and Jacobs.
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23.05.19
YGN Sizewell B Tour
When the opportunity arose to visit an operational Nuclear site, organised by the YGN, it was one not to be missed! Myself and my colleague, Tom - both graduate engineers, started working for Nuvia, a nuclear consultancy...
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20.05.19
On the 11th April, the North West (NW) branch, in conjunction with the YGN, held the Young Person’s Speaking Competition regional final, with all the finalists delivering an engaging technical presentation.
The annual regional competi...
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13.05.19
More than 40 nuclear associations representing over 80,000 scientists have today called on the Clean Energy Ministerial Conference (CEM) which will be held in Vancouver later this month to commit to doubling public investment in nuclear-related...
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27.03.19
The 21st March brought together over 250 individuals from across the industry to the inaugural Nuclear Skills Strategy Group (NSSG) Nuclear Skills conference hosted at the Bridgewater Hall Manchester. The purpose of the sold-out conference...
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27.03.19
As you may be aware, at the March European Council the UK and EU agreed to extend Article 50, moving the date on which the UK will exit the European Union and Euratom until at least 23:00 GMT on 12 April. Under the terms of this extension, ...
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27.03.19
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) has announced the appointment of Gwen Parry-Jones OBE as Chief Executive Officer of Magnox Ltd.
The appointment is a vital step towards Magnox Ltd becoming a subsidiary of NDA in September 2019, when...
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21.03.19
The history of science is full of women who never got the acclaim they deserved and young women with few role models in STEM subjects can feel excluded from these traditionally male areas.
'Meitner Day' is a day long experience that has bee...
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19.02.19
Calling all young nuclear professionals
The YGN wants to know what you think about siting a geological disposal facility.
Take our short 5-minute survey, then look out for the results in a...
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11.02.19
Register now or come and cheer at the YGN Young Speakers Competition 2019
Two competitions have already been announced for the Central England Branch (Thursday 28th March), North West Branch (Thursday 11th April 2019), North East Branc...
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07.02.19
RWM is inviting views from organisations and individuals on its approach to evaluating the suitability of sites for a GDF – one consultation for England and one for Wales. The consultation documents are designed to summarise, in simple and...
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05.02.19
The UK's path to sustainable Nuclear energy.
this webinar is now live in teh members area follow link below to view!
WATCH NOW
Kirsty Gogan MSc is co-founder and executive director of Energy for Humanity (EFH), an...
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15.01.19
nucleargraduates is the most comprehensive graduate scheme the industry has ever seen, formed by leading businesses and organisations to develop the next generation of engineers, scientists, business minds, talented managers and financial expert...
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07.01.19
1 The Nuclear Institute
The NI is a charity registered in England. Its objectives relate to:
the advancement of education relating to nuclear energy;
the advancement of nuclear science, engineering and technology;
in the interests of...
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21.12.18
Yesterday BEIS published the policy paper, Implementing Geological Disposal - Working with Communities: An updated framework for the long-term management of higher activity radioactive waste.
This document replaced the 2014 white paper and...
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21.12.18
Grŵp Llandrillo Menai has become the first Further Education (FE) college to join the Nuclear Institute (NI), a membership that will benefit teaching staff and students alike in the Engineering and related departments.
This is just th...
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20.12.18
Richard Peake – Security Inspector, Office for Nuclear Regulation
Richard was born in London and holds a Master’s Degree in European history from the University of East Anglia and a Certificate in Terrorism Studies from St And...
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20.12.18
I was honoured to receive the Pinkerton award this year from the Nuclear Institute in recognition of the paper;
'Novel glass formulations for post-operational clean out of highly active storage tanks'
co-written by Dr Clive Brigden...
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19.12.18
Corporate Risk Associates Limited (CRA) has announced that it has started a 3-year long collaboration with EDF France R&D.
EDF R&D is based in Saclay and develops the innovative tools and methods used to manage the French react...
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18.12.18
The 2018 YGN Annual Day Seminar was themed around 'The Nuclear Sector Deal: Planning for Success' and took place on 15th November at The Principal in York.
Our speakers provided an overview of the Nuclear Sector Deal, covering key topics in...
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09.12.18
The YGN attended the Engineering Your Future Events in North West England, spread across 5 locations:
- Liverpool (Liverpool Football Club)
- Preston (Grasshoppers Rugby Club)
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27.11.18
I am a Principal Nuclear Safety Engineer, working for Wood for 11 years. I have predominantly worked on producing operations and facility safety cases for Nuclear Licensed sites.
I joined the Nuclear Institute in 2012, registering as...
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20.11.18
We are delighted to announce that the Education and Training Committee has agreed to fund a number of mentored places for women in the nuclear industry. The scheme, known as MentorSET, is a well-established programme offered by the Women’s...
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20.11.18
The European Nuclear Society’s(ENS) High Scientific Council (HSC) have just announced the winner of its 2018 PhD Award to Dr Zsolt Elter of the Swedish Nuclear Society whose topic was “Neutron monitoring based on the higher-order sta...
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12.11.18
Webinar
This Thursday join Ross Nuttall from edfenergy discuss his Membership Journey.
Date: 15 November
Time: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM GMT
This webinar has now taken place. To listen click HERE
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07.11.18
The cost of new nuclear power plants
Based on lessons learned from other industries, as well as from recent first of a kind nuclear projects, this webinar helps to explain the costs of construction of new nuclear power plants. It looks into...
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12.10.18
The Nuclear Institue Young Generation Network organized a tour of Urenco in Capenhurst for young professionals last September.
Urenco operates in a pivotal area of the nuclear fuel supply chain which can be subdivided into four key pro...
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02.10.18
The NI was delighted to confirm at its recent Board of Trustees meeting that Gwen Parry-Jones OBE of Horizon Nuclear Power would be invited to join the Board as a trustee and its next Vice President. This means that Gwen would become the ne...
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29.08.18
On 23rd August, a number of young nuclear professionals and NI members were given the opportunity to visit the Cammell Laird site.
Primarily known as shipbuilders and ship repairers, Cammell Laird built and recently launched the RRS...
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17.08.18
BAE Systems Technical Tour
A group of young nuclear professionals recently had the opportunity to attend a site visit of BAE Systems in Barrow-in-Furness. The delegates were from a wide range of organisations including Sellafield...
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14.08.18
The Nuclear Institute Scotland Branch YGN Speaking Competition 2018
It’s no secret that the nuclear industry gets some pretty tough criticism from some quarters but the knowledge, passion and skills displayed by the young nuclear indu...
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27.07.18
The UK YGN is delighted to announce that they have been awarded the Juan Alberto Gonzalez Garrido award. The award is presented every two years to the best national or continental YGN worldwide that provides outstanding...
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27.07.18
Over the last week, 40 of the best and brightest Sixth form students from around the UK gathered at Manchester University for their ‘Headstart’ summer school. This residential university programme gives the students the opportunity to...
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27.07.18
The Society of the Environment has approved the NI’s application to award Chartered Environmentalist and Registered Environmental Technician. Becoming a CEnv or REnvTech helps you to stand out from the crowd, showcase competence to your em...
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29.06.18
The announcement of the government’s Nuclear Sector Deal has produced a boost for the industry at a time when the UK’s future choices about its energy future are critical to getting the right future energy mix. With over 20% of our s...
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28.06.18
The North West's 71st annual dinner took place on 14 June 2018 in Manchester. Using the links below you can see the photos of the event along with a copy of the dinner brochure.
View the photos from the dinner here
View the dinner...
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28.06.18
Women in Nuclear UK (WiN UK) welcomes the announcement of the nuclear sector deal. It’s good news for the nuclear industry and exc...
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27.06.18
What the young generation of Nuclear Future readers think about...Nuclear Technology and the Energy Mix
In the first instalment of the YGN’s opinion polling, we asked the young generation of Nuclear Future readers for their opin...
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12.06.18
The government’s recent announcement to commit to the Wylfa new build project is a welcome one and, along with work in the last six months around the nuclear sector deal, gives us optimism for the industry’s future. Recent consultati...
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08.06.18
2018 NI & Communities Events Flyer
See what events are coming up for the Nuclear Institute and its communities on our new flyer, available here.
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08.06.18
Western Branch and YGN Speaking Competition
On 3 May 2018, the Nuclear Institute with support from the YGN, held the regional Speaking Competition at Burges Salmon's Bristol office. The annual event gives young members of the nuclear indust...
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30.05.18
Cumbria Young Speaking Competition
On the 10th of May the Nuclear Institute Cumbria Branch Young Generation Network (YGN) Speaking Competition event was held at the National College for Nuclear in Workington.
The evening consisted of...
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30.05.18
North West Speaking Competition
On the 3rd May, the North West (NW) branch, in conjunction with the YGN, held the Young Person’s Speaking Competition regional final, with the winner delivering an engaging technical presentation.
The...
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30.05.18
NUCLEAR INSTITUTE CENTRAL ENGLAND BRANCH
YGN SPEAKING COMPETITION 2018
Central England Branch YGN Speaking Competition 2018 – Challenging topics and a great turn out!
The Central England Branch (CEB) Young Generation N...
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29.05.18
Introduction to Decommissioning and Sellafield Ltd event
Organised by the YGN North East Nuclear Institute branch
Written by Fanny Fouin
The Introduction to Decommissioning and Sellafield Ltd event saw an early morning departure for i...
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09.04.18
The Nuclear Institute North East Branch attracted a record number of synopsis entries at this year’s Young Generation (YGN) presentation competition last month (21 March). Hosted at Jacobs’ office in Stockton-on-Tees and sponsored by...
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03.04.18
YGN members and Sellafield Ltd. representatives Adil Sardardeen & Joseph Dabrera delivered the "Best Workshop" at the International Nuclear Youth Congress (IYNC) 2018, jointly organised with the 26th Women in Nuclear (WiN) Gl...
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27.03.18
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26.03.18
A continuing challenge to the nuclear industry is to ‘sort out’ its waste. The industry has implemented various measures to meet this challenge, but it would be misleading to claim that every
nation and organisation has...
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22.03.18
Leading Human Factors Risk Management Consultancy Awarded R&D Cyber Security Grant
26 January 2018
Corporate Risk Associates Limited (CRA), a human factors, safety and risk consultancy that provides services to the Critical National In...
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02.03.18
Following two KTN workshops on "The Role of BIM in the Nuclear Industry”in 2016, the Nuclear Institute set up the Digital Special Interest Group (Digital SIG) to provide a forum for industry-leading debate and to p...
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28.02.18
In March 2018, LLW Repository Ltd will have completed a decade of operations. Nuclear Future caught up with managing director Dennis Thompson, to reflect on LLWR’s work, achievements and lessons learned over the last ten years.
Since...
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28.02.18
GETI 2018 shows nuclear businesses must digitalise to continue competing for talent
LONDON, UK, 20 February 2018: The second annual Global Energy Talent Index (GETI), the world’s largest energy recruitment and employment trends report...
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12.02.18
WiN UK Powers Together
Our fourth annual conference was a huge success and I want to offer my thanks to all the speakers, sponsors, workshop hosts and delegates for being so open and enabling such a brilliant day of discussion.
We expl...
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07.02.18
Sarah Beacock CEO Blog – January
Welcome to the Nuclear Institute's first blog of 2018. I hope you have had a productive start to the year - here at head office we’ve barely drawn breath since the Christmas...
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06.02.18
Event Report: YGN Annual Day Seminar & Dinner
This year’s YGN Annual Day Seminar and Dinner took place in the Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds on Thursday 9th November.
The YGN would once again like to thank...
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02.01.18
New Year's Honour for leading Nuclear Communicator | National Nuclear Laboratory
A leading nuclear communicator and member of the NNL team has been awarded an MBE in the 2018 New Year's Honours list.
External Relations Director, Ad...
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18.12.17
The North East YGN, alongside EDF Hartlepool, hosted the first Rough Guide to Nuclear Power in the North East on 20 November.
Approximately 16 participants attended the visit to the site and heard various presentations, on subjects ranging...
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18.12.17
Dr Fiona Rayment, one of the UK’s most prominent nuclear scientists, travelled to London recently to receive her OBE from Her Majesty The Queen. Dr Rayment is executive director at the Warrington based Nuclear Innovation and Research Offic...
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18.12.17
AWE has become a corporate member of the Nuclear Institute (NI) to promote nuclear professionalism and continuous development of its employees, specialising in the field of nuclear science, engineering and technology.
AWE plays a crucial ro...
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18.12.17
On Thursday 7 December at their corporate reception for the Nuclear Dinner 2017, Kier BAM announced that they have joined the Nuclear Institute’s Company Membership Scheme.
Through the scheme Kier BAM will enrol staff as NI Memb...
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18.12.17
The Nuclear Institute (NI) is delighted to be partnering with the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to offer a company membership scheme
(CMS) to the MoD Civilian Nuclear Workforce.
The scheme forms part of a wider collaboration to improve nuclear...
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18.12.17
Chief Nuclear Inspector elected Fellow of the Nuclear Institute (FNucI)
Following a successful application and professional review the Nuclear Institute is delighted to welcome Mark Foy, ONR’s Chief Nuclear Inspector, as a Fellow of t...
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18.12.17
UK ABWR reactor technology approved - Major leap forward for Horizon’s Wylfa Newydd
Horizon Nuclear Power today welcomed the announcement that the UK ABWR has been approved for use in the UK, paving the way for the technology to be built...
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16.11.17
The University of Cumbria is an approved End Point Assessor for the Nuclear Scientist and Nuclear Engineer Degree Apprenticeship. The University is seeking to appoint Independent Assessors to conduct the assessment of the Degree Apprentice...
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07.11.17
Sankalpa Acharya, Communications Manager, Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and Industry Guidance Committee Member, WiN UK takes a look at a WiN Cumbria team event, held in conjunction with Women in Rail.
The first ever join...
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07.11.17
Jack Gritt, WiN UK President, reviews the joint WiN Wales Regional Team and the NI Wales Branch launch
Women in Nuclear UK (WiN UK) were very proud to launch its new Wales Regional Team in a joint event with the Nuclear Institute (NI)...
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06.11.17
Women in Nuclear UK Press Release
Issue date: Wednesday 7 November
Women in Nuclear UK has begun the search for the winners of its annual awards, which will be presented at its conference in January 2018.
...
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03.11.17
In issue 13.5 of Nuclear Future dedicated to Nuclear New Build, we are delighted to feature an interview with one of the leaders of CGN’s nuclear business in the UK.
ZHU Minhong (Managing Director of General Nuclear System Ltd...
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03.11.17
11 October 2017
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy is pleased to announce that, today, the Government has introduced into parliament a Nuclear Safeguards Bill.
In March 2019 the UK will withdraw fr...
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03.11.17
Nuclear Institute at New Scientist Live 2017
From 28 September to the 2 October, the Nuclear Institute had a stand at the New Scientist Live exhibition at the ExCel Centre in London. The event was visited by over 30,000 people, of all age group...
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03.11.17
On 14th September the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) announced that they had tasked the Nuclear Innovation and Research Office (NIRO) with convening a restructured Nuclear Innovation and Research Advisory Board (N...
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16.10.17
Spark! is Back
Bigger and brighter than ever, The Spark! Contest has returned for its third edition. Sponsored by EDF, Rolls-Royce and many more, the contest offers a unique opportunity for young professionals to earn a step up in the...
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02.10.17
On the 4th of July, young professionals from the NI North West branch and the Young Generation Network (YGN) had the pleasure of exhibiting at the Big Bang North West at The Exhibition Centre, Liverpool. Six thousand schoolchildren from around t...
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02.10.17
The 25th Women in Nuclear Global Annual Conference
Beijing, China 2017
My reflections from an inspiring conference – Jack Gritt, President Women in Nuclear UK
Founded in 1992, Women in Nuclear Global (WiN Global) is...
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02.10.17
Signatories in the Spotlight
Industry Charter signatory profile: EDF Energy
We have been part of the WiN family since its inception…
Because… we wanted to assist and support WiN in their aim to increase gender diversity...
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16.08.17
None of us like going to the doctor or dentist but most of us will grin and bear it, because we know the end result will be better for us (we hope). What we most want when visiting these professionals is to know that they will do the b...
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04.07.17
A Very High Standard and Challenging Topics at the 2017 Central England Branch YGN Speaking Competition
Central England Branch YGN Speaking Competition 2017 Finalists With Branch Chairman Dr. Mehdi Askarieh. From left to right: Luke Taylor; A...
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