Over the next 18 months, Britain’s largest low-carbon energy project at Hinkley Point C will create 3,000 new jobs in Somerset as it approaches peak construction, with around 15,000 people expected to be building the new power station. The growth will create new opportunities for local people to get better skills and jobs with the project.

Hinkley Point C has also announced that the number of apprentices trained has passed a new milestone of 1,500 - 500 more than the original target - with more to come. 70% of them from the South-West.

Office For Nuclear Regulation (ONR) Confirms Entry Into Licensing Process For Company’s South Wales Project

Last Energy Becomes First SMR Developer Admitted Into UK Site Licensing

London, United Kingdom — Last Energy, a Washington, D.C.-based micro-nuclear technology developer, announced today confirmation from the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR), the United Kingdom’s nuclear regulator, that it has formally entered the nuclear site licensing (NSL) process for its plans to develop four 20 MWe microreactors in South Wales.

As part of our National Apprenticeship Week 2025 focus on apprenticeships in the NDA group, Lauren Gorge - an Information Assurance Advisor at Nuclear Transport Solutions (NTS) - shares her apprenticeship journey:

I’m Lauren Gorge, an Information Assurance Advisor at Nuclear Transport Solutions (NTS), where I work as part of the Security and Resilience Directorate within the Information Governance Team.

Linxon Americas earns the prestigious Great Place to Work® certification for 2024, celebrating a diverse and inclusive workplace that fosters innovation and collaboration

We are proud to announce that our Hub Americas has once again been recognized as a Great Place to Work® in 2024. This prestigious certification underscores our commitment to fostering a workplace where every individual can thrive, collaborate, and feel genuinely valued.

Sizewell C is already delivering £2.5bn in contracts to nearly 300 UK suppliers, the project announced today as it marked its first year of construction on the Suffolk coast.    

The 3.2GW nuclear power project – which will deliver 70% of its construction value to UK companies and support 70,000 high-quality jobs across the UK – is committed to spending £4.4bn in the East of England alone across the construction period. In its first year of construction, the Suffolk-based project surpassed £100m in local contracts.  

Households across the country are set to benefit from cheaper bills and warmer homes as the government accelerates its Plan for Change.

Families have faced rocketing energy bills as a direct consequence of an overreliance on international gas markets, while at the same time thousands of tenants have been left exposed to cold, draughty homes, pushing bills up even higher.

GE Vernova’s nuclear business, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH), has signed another series of Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) with two major UK nuclear engineering firms - Boccard and Cavendish Nuclear.

National Apprenticeship Week will take place 10-16 February 2025, with people from across the country being asked to get involved by sharing the good work apprentices do. NAW will highlight how apprenticeships are an excellent option to consider for young people wishing to start a career, for employees looking to progress in their current role or retrain for a new career, or for employers needing to fill skills gaps to help grow their business.

More nuclear power plants will be approved across England and Wales as the Prime Minister slashes red tape to get Britain building - as part of his Plan for Change.

Reforms to planning rules will clear a path for smaller, and easier to build nuclear reactors – known as Small Modular Reactors –to be built for the first time ever in the UK. This will create thousands of new highly skilled jobs while delivering clean, secure and more affordable energy for working people.

A new report published outlines the significant contribution that nuclear energy has made to economic growth in the UK over the last five decades.

The report, by independent consultants, Economic Insight, looks at the economic impact of the current fleet of eight nuclear power stations during their operational lives and shows they have so far contributed more than £123 billion* to the UK economy since the two oldest stations started operating in 1976.

The UK’s world-leading programme to design and build a prototype fusion energy plant takes one-step closer to securing major industry partners.

UK Industrial Fusion Solutions Ltd (UKIFS) has today announced the shortlisted organisations competing to become Engineering Partner and Construction Partner for STEP (Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production), the UK’s world-leading programme to design and build a prototype fusion energy plant at the West Burton site in Nottinghamshire.  

UKAEA’s Lithium Breeding Tritium Innovation (LIBRTI) programme announces significant steps to fast-track fusion fuel development.

The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA)’s £200 million Lithium Breeding Tritium Innovation (LIBRTI) programme has announced a series of significant steps to advance fusion energy development.

The announcement aligns with the UK’s Department for Energy and Net Zero’s recent support for the nation’s fusion programme and budget plans for 2025/2026.