Hundreds of jobs could be created by a new nuclear research and development facility in Wirral. The Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre is launched today. It will be part of Cammell Laird shipyard at Birkenhead on the River Mersey. The world-famous shipbuilder will be involved in helping the UK’s new generation of nuclear power stations. Up to a thousand highly skilled staff could be employed there.
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The latest nuclear facilities building technique takes a step forward in Birkenhead later today. The Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre will develop a technique that sees large complex systems built on one site, then transported and assembled elsewhere. Modular manufacturing is already widely used in the shipbuilding & aerospace industries. It’s hoped the new Cammell Laird centre will mean power stations can be built with reduced construction risk and cost.
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