Engineering
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ČEZ has submitted environmental documentation for its proposed Temelín reactor. Czech authorities will review the 470MW Rolls-Royce SMR project, including water availability and potential impacts, with an assessment outcome expected by the end of 2027.
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ZE PAK and SGE have signed a Polish nuclear agreement. Their proposed Pątnów venture could develop six BWRX-300 reactors totalling 1,800MW, with incorporation subject to competition clearance and land transfers set out in the shareholder arrangements.
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Westinghouse has allocated conditional module packages to four Polish manufacturers. Full AP1000 production awards depend on NQA-1 certification and successful qualification mock-ups, creating a defined route into the first Lubiatowo-Kopalino reactor project.
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Sheffield’s AMRC has renewed its priorities for manufacturing research programmes. Its strategy concentrates on aerospace, defence and nuclear technology, with a ten-year ambition to quadruple economic impact and develop stronger domestic production capability.
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UK quantum developers will share funding for practical sensing systems. The £50 million programme supports railway positioning, industrial gas monitoring and other applications, alongside separate investments in quantum networking components and engineering apprenticeships.
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UK engineers have completed half their DUNE detector panel allocation. The 137-panel programme at Daresbury combines large frames with kilometres of fine sensing wire, while eight completed assemblies have reached Fermilab for testing.
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TECNIQ has begun constructing its new Essex automotive manufacturing headquarters. The Oval Park development will consolidate engineering, tooling and specialist production operations, with its first construction phase scheduled for completion in mid-2027.
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Codelco and Normet have agreed underground mining automation technology trials. Their five-year programme will test autonomous concrete handling, remote scaling and stationary rock breaking at Chile’s El Teniente mine.
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Kakrapar has begun ground investigations for two proposed nuclear reactors. Borehole and geophysical work will inform foundation design; an earlier steam generator tubing milestone concerns India’s wider reactor manufacturing programme.
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US funding will advance an experimental molten chloride nuclear reactor. Southern Company, Idaho National Laboratory and CORE POWER aim for first criticality as early as 2027, subject to completing development and authorisation.
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