Springfield, fuel factory, Government visit

energy minister. A key Government minister visited Lancashire’s nuclear
fuel manufacturing site to see work being done which could support
Britain’s future power programme. With the Government recently backing
Rolls Royce’s proposals for small modular reactors, hopes are high that
the Springfields factory at Salwick between Preston and Blackpool could get
work to make the fuel for the new generation of power plants. The Minster
of State for Energy, Clean Growth and Climate Change, Greg Hands, and other
government colleagues visited the National Nuclear Laboratory based at
Springfields, see scientists and experts are working on the next generation
of advanced nuclear technology. This includes developing the prototype fuel
pellets that could be used in an Advanced Modular Reactor, as part of the
proposed UK demonstration programme.

 Blackpool Gazette 19th Dec 2021

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