Two virtual reality systems have been installed at the UK's new Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre in Sheffield to help in the design and manufacture of large components for nuclear power plants.

Support for nuclear energy in the UK has returned to levels seen a few months prior to the Fukushima accident in Japan, a new public opinion poll indicates. A similar poll conducted in June 2011 had shown a significant drop in support following the accident.

The UK's Wylfa nuclear power plant has taken delivery of the last Magnox fuel elements ever to be manufactured. Meanwhile, Magnox Ltd aims to assist its staff in finding new opportunities in the nuclear industry.

British nuclear safety regulators have granted interim acceptance to the Areva EPR and Westinghouse AP1000. About one more year of licensing work remains, however, before new build.

The UK nuclear sector workforce will need to grow by about half before 2025, offering significant employment prospects for young people.

GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy has proposed the construction of a nuclear power plant comprising two Prism fast reactors at Sellafield to assist the UK in disposing of its of reactor-grade plutonium stockpile.

Work to construct a series of underground concrete vaults to hold solid low-level waste from the decommissioned experimental fast reactors at Dounreay started today.

The UK will lack the expertise to cope with its future nuclear program unless steps are taken, according to the country's House of Lords Science and Technology Committee. Serious government support for research and development is required for the challenges of the mid-century, it said.

Studsvik of Sweden has signed a contract with the UK’s LLW Repository Ltd for the transport and dismantling of old heat exchangers from the Berkeley Magnox nuclear power plant.

The head of EDF Energy said that, although significant progress has been made, it is too early to say when construction of its new UK reactors is likely to start. Meanwhile, Horizon has completed the purchase of land next to the existing Wylfa plant.

Support for the use of nuclear energy is increasing in the UK, an independent study has found - but support is stronger amongst men than women.