The UK Government has confirmed the West Burton power station site in North Nottinghamshire will be home to the ground-breaking STEP prototype fusion energy plant.

The Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production (STEP) plant will be designed and constructed to demonstrate the ability to put net electricity on the grid. It will also pave the way to enable future commercial fusion energy plants to be commissioned and constructed.

UK leading the world in fusion powerplant design

The UK is leading the way in fusion energy powerplant design, as published in a recent special Royal Society edition. The edition details the technical progress of STEP, a pioneering programme to design and build the UK’s first prototype fusion plant.

This is the first time a complete snapshot of the design has been captured for publication, outlining the technologies required for a first-of-a-kind prototype and how they will be integrated into a powerplant to produce electricity from fusion.

Government delivers on manifesto commitment to reduce red tape – merging existing bodies to get a grip on delays to infrastructure delivery.

Sizewell C has awarded key new UK contracts for road and infrastructure work as it prepares to take significant steps forward in building the off-site infrastructure needed to help construct the nuclear power station on the Suffolk coast.  

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has warned there is ‘no time to waste’ as she urged Parliament to back key legislation needed to speed up the delivery of the Plan for Change milestone of 1.5 million homes and deliver the vital infrastructure this country needs.

The rallying call was made ahead of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill returning for its Second Reading today (March 24). This is another milestone in the government’s push to make this Bill law to get Britain building and drive economic growth.

The move will see RPS leave their Kirkintilloch hub at Southbank Business Park, where they have been located for over twenty years to a more modern location which can accommodate new opportunities.

"We’re excited to officially open the doors to our new office, a space designed for collaboration, innovation, and growth.” Says Kieran Faulkner, Senior Project Engineer. “Opening this new office will allow our team to continue to thrive and push boundaries in everything that we do in a brand-new office hub.”

Eni and UKAEA launch a research and technological development collaboration for innovative solutions in the field of fusion energy.

The construction of Moderna’s Innovation and Technology Centre (MITC) at Harwell Campus has been completed. This state-of-the-art facility will serve as Moderna’s base for research, development, and manufacturing. The project is part of a 10-year partnership with the UK Government, managed by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA).

The centre aims to produce British-made COVID-19 vaccines and explore the potential of Moderna’s mRNA platform to transform UK healthcare.

A team of remote technology specialists have achieved an industry first at Sellafield by successfully operating a robot remotely from an off-site location.

SPOT the quadrupedal robot dog was controlled remotely at a safe location at Sellafield

Operators working from an immersive room at the Westlakes Science Park in Whitehaven, West Cumbria have proven they can remotely operate a robot on the Sellafield site safely and securely, with huge potential for the future of our clean-up mission.

Amentum (NYSE: AMTM), a global leader in advanced engineering and innovative technology solutions, today announced the appointment of Corhyn Parr as Vice President of International Business Development.

Corhyn joins Amentum after a distinguished tenure as CEO of Nuclear Waste Services, a subsidiary of the UK’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA), where she played a pivotal role in advancing the UK’s nuclear waste management strategies and initiatives.

A gender-balanced workforce can be achieved without the need for quotas. That is according to Julia Pyke, joint managing director at Sizewell C, which is setting new benchmarks for diversity. It can today announce that its leadership team is now 65% female – surpassing the nuclear industry’s 2030 diversity target.

Amentum has been selected as sole program and project management delivery partner for Sizewell C, a new nuclear power station that will strengthen the United Kingdom’s energy security.