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Going nuclear

By: Language: English Series: Construction Manager ; March 2006, 20-25(6)Publication details: 2006Subject(s): Summary: Reports on the likely impact on the construction industry if the decision is taken to build a new generation of nuclear power stations. There are concerns that any new build programme might strain capacity in the industry, which is already suffering from a skills shortage. The Nuclear Industry Association (NIA) is recommending that a range of measures be adopted to avoid the cost and time overruns which dogged the construction of the previous generation of nuclear plants. A separate article "Out with the old" looks at the opportunities for the industry in the decommissioning of existing plants.

Reports on the likely impact on the construction industry if the decision is taken to build a new generation of nuclear power stations. There are concerns that any new build programme might strain capacity in the industry, which is already suffering from a skills shortage. The Nuclear Industry Association (NIA) is recommending that a range of measures be adopted to avoid the cost and time overruns which dogged the construction of the previous generation of nuclear plants. A separate article "Out with the old" looks at the opportunities for the industry in the decommissioning of existing plants.