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A groundbreaking review of Global Decommissioning Markets carried out by the Nuclear Industry Association (NIA) and Optimat Ltd commissioned jointly by the UK Government Department of Trade and Industry, UK Trade and Investment and Scottish Development International has provided a detailed analysis of multi million pound global nuclear decommissioning and UK non-nuclear decommissioning markets.
The study provides a comprehensive review of global nuclear decommissioning markets and non-nuclear decommissioning markets (UK only) to assess opportunities for the development of a strong and internationally competitive UK supply industry. The report clarifies and addresses energy supply chain capacity and capability requirements to meet future demands for nuclear and non-nuclear decommissioning work. It is aimed at informing companies at all tiers in the supply chain, especially Small or Medium Enterprises (SME's), of potential supplier opportunities in the global decommissioning markets including the UK, in terms of scale, timing and demand. It also provides an understanding of supply chain dynamics and scope for technology and skills transfer. Decommissioning and clean up of the global civil nuclear legacy represents a massive management, technological and environmental challenge for those companies engaged in nuclear decommissioning across the world. The global market is estimated to be worth £300B over the next 30 years, providing major opportunities for those companies interested in overseas markets. A forecast decommissioning timeline of the world's nuclear reactors offers an indication of those countries likely to provide short, medium and long term opportunities for decommissioning civil nuclear power reactors. Additionally, decommissioning and clean up opportunities are identified in the areas of defence, prototype, test and research reactors together with other areas of the support infrastructure for the nuclear industry such as reprocessing and fuel fabrication facilities across the world. It suggests that countries such as France, Japan, Russia, USA, Canada and Germany will have the greatest long term need for decommissioning. In addition to nuclear decommissioning, diversification opportunities also exist in non-nuclear sectors such as oil and gas, conventional power plant and defence. For any UK company, identifying the correct decommissioning markets to enter is very important as it can be a major factor in determining success or failure. The study outlines the factors that should be considered prior to entering global markets and describes modes of market entry. However, the study makes no attempt to prescribe which foreign market entry mode should be adopted due to different country circumstances, capabilities, experience and market dynamics. Highlights from the review include:-
An Executive Summary of the review report is available on the DTI web site pending issue of the full report later this year at:- |
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