Ground investigations along with the construction of access roads and a new cable sealing end compound are underway for a new converter station for Eastern Green Link 2 (EGL2), as reported by GE.
EGL2 is the UK’s single largest electricity transmission project and is part of National Grid’s £54bn Great Grid…
Ten women are gaining boardroom experience to promote gender diversity within the UK’s nuclear industry under the Women in Nuclear Non-Executive Director (WiN-NED) Programme.
Great British Nuclear (GBN), the government arm’s length body designed to create new nuclear generation capacity, is working with Women in Nuclear UK to create opportunities for…
The Planning Inspectorate has shared a series of updates on its early adopters programme (EAP) targeted at nationally significant infrastructure projects (NSIPs), six months after it launched the programme.
Seven NSIPs have taken part in the first trial version of the EAP and have provided reports on their experiences so far.…
Communities should be included in meaningful consultation processes from before planning application, to the management and stewardship phases of completed building projects, according to new guidance from the Royal Institute of British Architects (Riba).
Riba created what it calls the “Engagement Overlay” for its Riba Plan of Work in collaboration with…
The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR), the Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales have started a two-step generic design assessment (GDA) of GE Hitachi’s BWRX-300 small modular reactor (SMR) design.
GE Hitachi was one of six firms shortlisted late last year for government support to deliver a new wave of nuclear…
The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) has called on civil engineers and other built environment professionals to focus on supporting the delivery of the UN’s sustainable development goals (SDGs).
The call to action comes with ICE’s State of the Nation: Infrastructure in 2024 report. This is the Institution’s annual flagship report…
The Coal Authority and Ordnance Survey (OS) have published research which shows there is widespread potential for the use of warm water from disused mine workings in district heating networks across Great Britain.
The low-carbon engineering has already been successfully implemented in Gateshead with 350 homes, council and privately owned offices,…
The government’s agency responsible for nuclear waste management services has announced the formation of a working group in South Holderness to start discussions about the potential siting of a geological disposal facility (GDF) for nuclear waste.
Disposing of waste in a GDF involves placing it deep underground in engineered vaults so…
The estimated costs for completion of the new Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant have risen to a maximum of £34bn and the opening has slipped into the 2030s, EDF has confirmed.
Following delays in the electromechanical phase of the project and an overall cost rise in the civil engineering element,…
A SME has been signed to a £12M contract to provide civils groundworks and concrete works at Sellafield under the project’s Programme and Project Partners (PPP) programme.
William King Construction has been awarded its largest and longest ever contract by the PPP to support Sellafield over the next 16-years on key…
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