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Professor Robin Grimes, from Imperial, and Dr William Nuttall from the Cambridge Judge Business School describe the two key challenges to making low-carbon nuclear energy a reality – developing civil nuclear programmes world-wide without a proliferation of nuclear weapons, and dealing with nuclear waste safely.

They outline a two-stage plan to develop nuclear supply with a first immediate phase to address the lack of nuclear facilities and the need to upgrade current ones. The second phase, past 2030 should focus on using nuclear to decarbonize the electricity supply.

Read the full Imperial College London press release online.

Nuclear expertise at Imperial

Imperial houses a dedicated Centre for Nuclear Engineering, bringing together Mechanical, Chemical and Materials Engineers, Modellers and Radio Ecologists under one banner. Using this breadth of expertise, the centre can provide advice for all stages in a nuclear reactor's lifecycle: from reactor design to safe operation through to responsible and secure waste management.

Imperial Consultants provide access to many of Imperial’s world-class nuclear researchers and facilities, such as the UK’s only civil nuclear reactor centre in Silwood Park, Berkshire. The College also has significant research capabilities in energy, with the Energy Futures Lab looking at ways to secure future energy supplies.

To find out more about how consultancy can contribute to the international nuclear renaissance, please contact us.