Thousands of jobs in our area depend on the nuclear industry. We are working with the Government and industry to bring the next generation of new nuclear to Copeland.
Trudy has welcomed today’s publication of the Nuclear Industry Association’s (NIA) annual Jobs Map, which reveals employment in the industry has grown to its highest levels in five years.
Trudy has joined senior representatives from Rolls-Royce SMR, the UK’s domestic nuclear energy champion, on a tour of the land to the south of Sellafield site.
Trudy has welcomed the announcement that Rolls Royce SMR has secured funding to develop small nuclear reactors – and will continue to lobby for Copeland to be the location of this new development.
Trudy has welcomed the announcement that the Moorside site has been shortlisted as a potential host of the UK’s first prototype nuclear fusion power plant.