NIA UK | New figures show 65,000 jobs boost from UK nuclear

Posted by SONE on 27 June 2017 in NIA

Tagged with: Employment, Nuclear New Build Conference.

Map of jobs created in the nuclear sector in 2017

The UK’s nuclear new build programme has the potential to almost double the number of jobs across the civil nuclear sector as the Nuclear Industry Association (NIA) releases its 2017 employment total.

The new figures, released today at the NIA’s sixth Nuclear New Build Conference, show where the 65,000 people employed across the UK’s civil nuclear sector are working, highlighting the important economic role the industry plays in all parts of the UK.

Combined, the Hinkley Point C, Wylfa Newydd and Moorside new build projects could create more than 50,000 job opportunities during construction, with at least 3,000 permanent roles spread across the three sites once operational.

Currently there are 1,500 workers on site at Hinkley Point C and overall the project is due to create 25,000 job opportunities. NuGeneration’s Moorside programme in Cumbria will create 20,000 during construction and Horizon Nuclear Power estimate 6,000 people will be on site at Wylfa Newydd during the peak construction phase of the project.

The Government’s commitment to a wide-ranging industrial strategy was reiterated in the Queen’s Speech, and the NIA believes the nuclear sector has an important role to play in delivering a strategy which will “spread prosperity and opportunity across the country”.

As the 2017 Nuclear Jobs Map demonstrates, the industry is spread across the country and the sector will help drive a number of the Government’s 10 pillars of industrial strategy, with jobs in engineering, manufacturing, construction and decommissioning and world-leading expertise being exported across the world.

The new build programme will upgrade infrastructure, develop skills, create opportunities for business, secure inward investment, supplement investment in R&D, deliver clean energy and drive growth across the whole country.

Source:  NIA UK | New figures show 65,000 jobs boost from UK nuclear