Issue 5 - July/August 2004
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Nuclear moves up the agenda |
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In recent weeks there has been a remarkable resurgence of interest in nuclear energy, even in the highest quarters, primarily as a major tool in the battle against global climate change. |
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Nuclear exports |
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A team of five NIA members from four companies - Centronic Raditec, Nirex, BNFL and Alpha Engineering - accompanied by NIA visited Tokyo in Japan between 19 and 23 April 2004. |
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New reactor for France |
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The French have decided to join the Finns in building a new nuclear reactor. The board of EDF has decided to build an European Pressurised Water Reactor (EPR) unit (the same design as Finland recently ordered) although it has yet to decide on the site. |
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BNES goes North East |
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BNES have launched a North East Branch, covering a region from the Borders down to Yorkshire. |
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The Government's spending review announcement on 12 July has confirmed one of the least well kept secrets for some time; namely funding of around £2bn per annum over the next 3 years for the NDA. |
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The future of the UK's last civilian nuclear research reactor : 1964 to ? |
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 Imperial College London owns and operates the UK's last-remaining civilian research reactor, but the viability of its future is in doubt without support from the sector. |
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NIA new initiatives |
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Some of NIA's major new initiatives focus on young people and external relations. Here are some of the exciting projects we are coordinating: |
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The Energy Bill has now had Royal Assent and is on the statute books as the Energy Act 2004. The Act provides the legal framework under which the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority will be established and will pave the way for the acceleration of decommissioning work in the UK. |
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Parliamentarians hear from UK waste committee chief |
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The most recent meeting of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Nuclear Energy took place in July. Gordon MacKerron, Chair of CoRWM (Committee on Radioactive Waste Management), addressed the group on waste management decisions. |
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A.N.Technology - ANTECH - a small NIA member company based in Wallingford has won the Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade section. The award is bestowed on UK based companies which demonstrate substantial growth in overseas earnings and commercial success, to levels that are outstanding for the goods or services concerned and for the size of the applicant's operations. |
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NIA continues to grow |
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New companies have continued to join the NIA and membership is now 94. |
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