The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has tasked Frazer-Nash Consultancy and its trusted partner organisations to deliver the first phase of a programme of nuclear thermal hydraulics research and innovation.

Phase 1 of the programme comprises two parts:

• The specification and development of innovative thermal hydraulic modelling methods and tools
• The specification of a new United Kingdom thermal hydraulics test facility

The work is intended to consider all future reactor technologies including Gen III+, small modular reactors and advanced reactor technologies. Find out more

The Advanced Manufacturing and Materials Nuclear Structural Materials theme is focussed on developing materials performance data and fundamental understanding of materials and related manufacturing processes. This R&D is focussed on the next generation of high value components for SMRs and Gen IV reactor systems. We are helping to remove the blockers for the wide scale use of electron beam welding in nuclear new build."

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The Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has tasked Frazer-Nash and our subcontractor partners to deliver the Reactor Design: Safety & Security R&D Programme. The Programme forms part of the Nuclear Innovation initiative that represents a significant commitment by the government to help the UK civil nuclear sector develop innovative approaches, capabilities and tools to improve nuclear safety and security practice. It represents a significant opportunity to produce novel R&D that can be exploited by the wider nuclear industry to improve performance in safety and security, whilst driving efficiencies and cost reduction in design, and operation of new and existing nuclear reactors.

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