National Engineering Day, National Apprenticeship Week and International Women in Engineering Day, which is coming up on 23 June, are all great initiatives designed to raise the profile of careers in engineering.
We need these regular reminders to ensure there is an ongoing focus on attracting new people into the…
As the government strives to expand capacity to meet future electricity demand, nuclear power and tidal energy are at the opposite ends of the spectrum in terms of support.
New sources of electricity generation must be built and brought online in the next decade if the government is to achieve…
Campaigners against the proposed Sizewell C nuclear power plant have told the High Court that government backing of the project is ‘unlawful’.
Protest group Together Against Sizewell C has claimed the possible environmental impacts of the plant proposed for the Suffolk coast have not been properly assessed. The legal challenge contests…
Chancellor Jeremey Hunt has announced the government will be consulting on listing nuclear energy as “environmentally sustainable” in a bid to increase private investment in the sector.
Announced during today’s Spring Budget statement, Hunt stated nuclear was a “critical source of cheap and reliable energy” to meeting the UK’s net zero…
The proposed Sizewell C nuclear power station could face funding challenges after reports that two of the country's largest pension funds will not back the project.
Planning permission for the Suffolk power plant was granted in July 2022 and, in September, former prime minister Boris Johnson confirmed that the government will…
Plans are under consideration for waste heat from the Sizewell C nuclear power station in Suffolk to be used to heat a new lido.
The concept features in the Leiston masterplan, which aims to transform the Suffolk town near to the nuclear site. The masterplan identifies "possible synergies/shared facilities e.g.…
This month's NCE News Wrap is out now, bringing you recent key stories in a quick five-minute roundup.
In January’s News Wrap video NCE takes a look at the latest HS2 and Hammersmith Bridge news, along with developments for a proposed coal mine in Cumbria and the Hinkley Point C and…
Anyone who knows me well will know that I love a tunnel, so this issue with its focus on tunnelling is one of my favourites. All other sectors of civil engineering are great, but I am still a geotechnical engineer at heart, sorry! For this issue I headed over to…
This month's NCE News Wrap is out now, bringing you recent key stories in a quick five-minute roundup.
In December's News Wrap video, NCE takes a look at the latest Lower Thames Crossing and Hinkley Point C developments, along with progress for Sizewell C and the Portishead railway restoration. In addition, NCE acting news…
EDF Energy has appointed a design team made up of Egis, Jacobs UK, Setec TPI and Tractebel Engineering for the Sizewell C nuclear power plant.
The ICOSH consortium will deliver the civil engineering design for the nuclear island at power station, with the contract including designs for the reactor, fuel and…
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