2020-09-04 12:00:00
BRITAIN'S NUCLEAR: CHEAPER
NUCLEAR ENGINEERING - 3 September 2020 - The UK Nuclear Industry Association (NIA) has launched a new report, in which a cross-industry team, working as part of the government-backed Nuclear Sector Deal, set out the key factors to reduce risk and bring down costs by 30% by 2030.
These factors include rigorous pre-construction planning, with simplicity of design and construction methodology, repeating designs across multiple stations, and building up and transferring a skilled and experienced workforce to new projects, NIA said.
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2020, September, 2, 12:35:00
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