At a time when the UK is making renewed commitments to both the civil and defence nuclear enterprises, our latest regional event highlighted the ongoing challenges facing the sector as well as the opportunities that lie ahead.
Convened by The D Group in partnership with the Northern Nuclear Alliance at Birchwood Park, Warrington, Driving Shared Success Across the Civil and Defence Nuclear Enterprises brought together senior leaders from government, industry, academia and the wider nuclear sector to explore how greater collaboration between the two domains can strengthen UK capability, accelerate delivery and unlock long-term economic growth.
At a critical time for the sector, the conference provided a forum for participants to examine how the UK's civil and defence nuclear ecosystems can move beyond operating in parallel and instead develop as a more integrated national enterprise.
The event rallied a broad range of expertise from across the nuclear ecosystem, with speakers and panellists including:
• Charlotte Nichols MP, Co-Chair, Nuclear APPG
• Eldon Garnett, Managing Director – Nuclear, Morgan Sindall
• Mark Rouse, Skills Director, National Nuclear Strategic Plan for Skills
• James Hanson, Associate Client Director, Frazer-Nash Consultancy
• Peter Anstiss, CEO, Team Barrow
• Anthony Impey MBE, Board Member, Skills England
• Tom Bell, Strategy Manager, UK National Nuclear Laboratory
• Professor Andrew Sherry, Chair in Materials and Structures, Henry Royce Institute
Through panel talks and breakout conversations, participants identified a strong consensus around the opportunities now available to the sector, while also highlighting several longstanding barriers that continue to constrain delivery.
The following takeaways from the event examine these challenges in more detail and outline the strategic enablers needed to improve delivery across both civil and defence nuclear enterprises.
Read here full report here.
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