£50m fund will boost UK nuclear fuel projects, ministers say
Posted: 2nd January 2023
Britain seeks to convert recycled uranium, a capability not currently available outside Russia
Sizewell B nuclear power station in Suffolk. Photograph: WPA/Getty Images
Mon 2 Jan 2023 00.01 GMT
A £50m nuclear fuel fund to bolster production in the UK and support development of alternatives to Russian supply opens for applications on Monday, the business department has announced.
A £50m nuclear fuel fund to bolster production in the UK and support development of alternatives to Russian supply opens for applications on Monday, the business department has announced.
The fund forms part of a nuclear fuel investment package of up to £75m, of which up to £13m has already been awarded to the nuclear fuel fabricators Westinghouse in Preston, helping the company develop conversion capability for reprocessed uranium and freshly mined uranium.
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