Paul Howarth, Chair CoNE Steering Group

a centre of nuclear excellence

Cumbria – a centre of nuclear excellence

• Cumbria – enables delivery of

the UK’s energy, defence and

economic growth policy

objectives

• To achieve this requires a

coordinated approach across

the region

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The Energy White Paper 2003 – “Creating a Low Carbon Economy”

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2003 Energy Policy

focus on

renewable energy

and energy

efficiency

2006 Reconsideration

over nuclear

2007 Nuclear energy

re-instated

2013 Nuclear Industry

Strategy

Carbon Plan Scenarios

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Carbon calculator:

80% reduction in CO2

levels from 1990 levels

are legally binding

Scenarios for UK deployment

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Future energy scenarios

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UK nuclear energy roadmap

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• R&D to keep options open for scenarios

~ 75GW

• Baseline, open and closed fuel cycle

• Programmes must start now to maintain

skills

• Includes ongoing activities supporting

Government and industry

• R&D would enable informed decisions to

be made

• International collaboration important

particularly for future nuclear energy

R&D

UK fuel cycle requirements

Balance of number of parameters including:

• Economics

• Finance

• Regulation

• Safeguards

• Technology readiness

• Engineering support

• Fuel supply

• Use of nuclear energy

• Spent fuel storage

• Disposal

• Sustainability

• Manufacturing

• Education, training and R&D

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Cumbria has the capability to support

this need and a proven track record

UK new nuclear – Cumbria plays a central role

• Majority of reactors will be built

at coastal sites

• Fuel cycle support infrastructure

can only be located in one

unique place:

– Cumbria

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Hartlepool

Hunterston

Sellafield

Chapelcross

Heysham

Wylf

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Oldbury

Hinkley Point

Bradwell

Sizewell

Cumbria – a centre of civil nuclear excellence

• Over 50 years of nuclear experience and expertise

• Three national nuclear headquarters:

– NDA, NNL, NSAN

• Three strategic sites of national importance

– Sellafield, LLWR, BAE Shipyard Barrow

• International commercial expertise

– INS

• National and international transport expertise

– DRS, PNTL

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Cumbria’s civil nuclear footprint

• High levels of quality jobs delivering significant local spend by

employees

• High levels of organisational supply chain spend

• Unrivalled network of skills, training and R&D infrastructure

– Energus, UTC, Construction Skills

– DCF, NNL labs

• Significant local supply chain – specialist services alongside

major players

And don’t forget

• Emergence of NuGen and synergies with BAE

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Nuclear pioneers

Sellafield

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LLWR National Nuclear

Laboratory

Dalton Cumbria

Facility

Supporting the industry

Training establishments

• National Skills Academy for Nuclear – key

national coordination role

• Gen II – key provider of apprenticeship and

vocational skills training

• Energus – flexible learning and conference

centre, home to Gen II, UoC – state of the art

facilities

• Lakes College – Construction Skills ideally

placed to sort infrastructure and new facility

growth

• University Technical College – stem focussed

curriculum with industry sponsorship

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Higher education

Universities

• Manchester (DCF)

– 5 star academically excellence university

having a presence in the region

• UCLAN

– provider of business, management and

specialist courses – Samuel Lindow facility

• University of Cumbria

– learning gateway in Energus, specialist

courses – developing Programme

Management Academy with Sellafield

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Capability

Supply Chain

• Combination of major players through to

specialist SMEs

Workforce

• Unrivalled breadth of experience and

expertise

Community

• A supportive community with 50 years

experience of working with the industry

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World class people

move to world-class

places: Manchester

University 1900s

(19 Nobel

Prizes…Rutherford,

Bragg, Gieger, Bohr)

CERN, JET, Middle

East Oil, California

Delivering for UK PLC and Cumbria

In order to deliver energy and defence policy

objectives, the region needs to consider:

• Infrastructure (housing, road, rail, IT)

• Training, education establishments

• Involvement of SMEs

• Workforce of the future

• Technological opportunities

• Direct and indirect community involvement

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CoNE – a collaborative approach

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National and international engagement

Cumbria needs a collective voice:

• Raise awareness of what we have to offer

• Attract the world class talent to a world class

region sitting at heart of national and

international energy policy

• Coherent strategy for the region working with

international partners

– US, EU, Japanese, Chinese,

South Korea

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So what has been achieved

• Secured nuclear recognition in Local Enterprise

Partnership’s Strategic Economic Plan

• Coordinated lobby for Cumbrian rail franchise

and Cumbria as focus for national nuclear

college

• Worked to help understanding of the nuclear

skills gap

• Developing the nuclear section of the county

skills plan

• Raising awareness of the area’s capability in

Government and beyond

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CoNE – what next

• Develop ideas into programmes and actions

• Continue collaboration to sweat existing

assets and build from that strong foundation

• Develop case for new missions

• Attract future investment to drive economic

growth

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Make

Cumbria

the go to

nuclear

location

And finally… to succeed

• Cumbria is a centre of nuclear excellence

and that is a national strategic asset

• We provide essential services for national

energy policy and UK PLC

• Significant opportunities for economic

growth at all levels

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To deliver UK’s

Energy and

regional growth

aims and

objectives all

stakeholders

must to work

together –

collaboration

gives us the best

chance of

success

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