Policy paper

Nuclear Industrial Vision Statement

The nuclear industry’s own vision for the UK nuclear sector in domestic and global markets to 2050, explaining how to enable this.

• From: Department for Business, Innovation & Skills and Department of Energy & Climate Change
• Published: 26 March 2013

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Documents

Nuclear Industrial Vision Statement

Ref: BIS/13/629

PDF, 335 KB, 57 pages

Details

Explains UK nuclear industry ambitions over the next 40 years to ensure the development of a vibrant UK nuclear sector and to position the UK as a strong player in the expanding global nuclear market, yielding long-term economic growth. It also explains what government and industry must do to achieve this vision.

The UK nuclear industry has a clear and ambitious vision for its future in:

• new nuclear
• operations and maintenance
• waste management & decommissioning
• fuel cycle services

The vision has been produced by representatives of the UK’s nuclear industry as part of government’s response to the House of Lord’s Science & Technology Select Committee report on the UK’s nuclear research and development (R&D) capability.

See also the Nuclear Industrial Strategy.

Published 26 March 2013