New build (PWR and BWR)

New Build in the UK

Strengths

• Strong political and public support
• Strong potential supply chain if considering companies such as RR
• EPR has been licensed
• Licensing seems to be quick (4 years)
• PWR – materials expertise quite strong
• Structural integrity
• Fuel cycle infrastructure
• UK NAMRC
• Regulatory service

Weaknesses

• No domestic reactor design
• No MTR/Research Reactor (JHR ceiling 2% access)
• Very particular licensing compared to other countries
• Limited expertise in running LWR’s
• People have retired who where involved in making ‘shift’ from AGR to PWR
• Very limited expertise in water chemistry in UK
• Skill base a problem in general

Opportunities/Grand Challenges

• Universities can widen capability base for supply chain
• Revitalise manufacturing/engineering in UK with opportunities for export
• Many new jobs in industries and universities
• Limited (no) pre-history and ownership  means we can have different types of Gen III – Diversity
• Manufacturing related research groups could get involved in nuclear

Threats

• Still no agreement on new build
• Some potential supply chain is falling away because of delay
• All technology might get imparted
• Is UK competitive enough and capable?
• Losing public support
• Final location of waste still not found
• Failure to deliver to time and costs
• Too expensive – failure to get costs down
• Lower C-tax
• Shell gas –fracking