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Rolls-Royce goes full throttle for SMR role
Added: 9 Jan 2017
Rolls-Royce is to play a lead role in a partnership that aims to construct a fleet of small modular…

£660m nuclear industry pension cuts ‘a point blank betrayal’
Added: 8 Jan 2017
The GMB, Unite, Prospect and ASLEF/TSSA unions are meeting on Monday (9 January) to discuss strike …

Chemical spray leaves workers ‘severely burned’
Added: 4 Jan 2017
An engineering firm has been fined £150,000 after two of its workers suffered severe burns when the…

UK manufacturing hits 30-month high
Added: 3 Jan 2017
Activity within the UK manufacturing sector hit a 30-month high in December, according to the Marki…

Carbon usage breakthrough claimed
Added: 3 Jan 2017
UK government support for two Indian entrepreneurs has helped enable what is claimed to be the firs…

Manchester Uni makes nuclear waste recycling leap
Added: 2 Jan 2017
Researchers at the University of Manchester have used pulsed electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) …

CMA upholds £2.6m water tank cartel fine
Added: 21 Dec 2016
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has imposed fines of more than £2.6 million on three bu…

IGas wins fracking approval in Nottinghamshire
Added: 18 Dec 2016
Nottinghamshire County Council’s Planning and Licensing Committee has given fracking firm IGas cons…

ABB handed Ferrybridge demolition contract
Added: 15 Dec 2016
Energy firm SSE has appointed ABB’s engineering and consultancy division to handle decommissioning …

Regulators to assess deployment of new nuclear reactors in the UK
Added: 12 Dec 2016
The Office for Nuclear Regulation, the Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales have launched…

National Grid sells gas business stake for £13.8 billion
Added: 8 Dec 2016
National Grid has sold 61% of its UK gas distribution business to a MacQuarie Infrastructure-led co…

Union announces Tata deal struck for Port Talbot
Added: 7 Dec 2016
One of the three unions involved in negotiations to maintain output at Tata steelworks across the U…

Government gives £60 million for manufacturing innovation
Added: 7 Dec 2016
Universities and science minister Jo Johnson has given £60 million to fund six new research hubs to…
Pfizer fined £84.2m for drug price hike
Added: 7 Dec 2016
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has fined pharmaceutical major Pfizer £84.2 million for…

Manufacturers buoyant despite production dip
Added: 4 Dec 2016
The UK manufacturing sector remains confident despite the latest Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) i…

Bristol uni develops nuclear battery ‘powered by waste’
Added: 30 Nov 2016
Researchers at the University of Bristol have created a nuclear-powered battery that uses nuclear w…

Scotland moves to transform coal mine into energy park
Added: 29 Nov 2016
Plans to create an energy park at the former Glenmuckloch open cast coal mine were given a boost th…

Tata’s speciality steels business to sell for £100m
Added: 28 Nov 2016
Tata Steel has announced plans to sell its UK-based speciality steels business to Liberty House for…

New report questions value of merging NHS labs
Added: 28 Nov 2016
Independent research organisation MindMetre has questioned the benefits of consolidating pathology …

NEPIC chief brands government’s approach to industry ‘disappointing’
Added: 25 Nov 2016
North East of England Process Industry Cluster spokesman Stan Higgins has described the Government’…