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Report warns half of all Scots jobs to be automated by 2030
Added: 8 May 2017
Nearly one in two jobs in Scotland are at risk of automation by the end of the next decade, suggest…
UK and France agree to strengthen nuclear skills development
Added: 26 Apr 2017
The National Skills Academy Nuclear (NSAN) and the Institut National des Sciences et Techniques Nuc…
Energy efficiency ‘most important area’ for government to focus on, report finds
Added: 24 Apr 2017
Improving energy efficiency is the “single most important area” for the government to focus on if i…
In full flow: Totex is finally taking effect in the water sector
Added: 4 Apr 2017
A sector once seen as slow moving and traditional is now in its most dynamic period for decades. To…
Former BP engineer David Peattie named nuclear authority CEO
Added: 1 Mar 2017
Former BP engineer David Peattie has been appointed to the role of chief executive officer (CEO) at…
EPSRC invests £4.6m in nuclear robot development
Added: 28 Feb 2017
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) has invested £4.6 million in the dev…
Brexit could threaten new nuclear reactor build in the UK, says report
Added: 16 Feb 2017
The UK’s decision to leave the European Union (EU) could threaten nuclear fuel supplies and new nuc…
Quantitative methods could protect plants from hacks, say researchers
Added: 12 Feb 2017
Using quantitative methods to prioritise cyber security will help protect power stations from hacks…
Managing the impact of extreme rainfall events
Added: 2 Feb 2017
The changing climate is affecting the day-to-day operations of industrial businesses, with the risk…
Climate change and the risk to business: adaptation, innovation and resilience
Added: 18 Jan 2017
Climate change will have significant implications for industrial businesses and their water process…
£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 …
Plant Equipment: how efficient are thermal fluid systems?
Added: 3 Jan 2017
Thermal fluid-based heat transfer systems offer an efficient alternative to the steam variety, but …
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…
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…
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…
Water sector innovations from VEGA MCERTS radar
Added: 28 Nov 2016
VEGA has announced that its radar-based system has gained MCERTS approval for open channel flow mea…
EDF calls in Assystem to deliver Hinkley’s nuclear reactors
Added: 22 Nov 2016
French energy major EDF has called in engineering firm Assystem to help build two European Pressuri…
