Provision of National Nuclear Research & Development Programme

Description

UK Government are aiming to improve the coordination of nuclear R&D across the UK. This project will coordinate the continuation of the Nuclear Innovation Research Office (NIRO) in line with the Nuclear Industrial Strategy and Roadmap by December 2013.The NIRO will:• Act as the delivery body of the Nuclear Innovation Research Advisory Board (NIRAB)• Coordinate nuclear innovation R&D activity and communications within and between Government and industry• Carry out gap analysis in order to provide advice on R&D programmes required to meet strategy objectives based on advice from NIRAB• Log nuclear innovation and R&D to ensure that results are not lost • Assist UK industry in exploiting products and services, eg by driving up nuclear exports across new build, operations and maintenance, fuel cycle services and decommissioning • Maintain the forum for coordinating nuclear R&D across Government; • Provide single point of contact for nuclear innovation funding opportunities;• Liaise with Government on a monthly basis on opportunities for economic growth and / or in support of energy policy; • Liaise with industry on areas of commercial opportunity • Act as the secretariat to NIRAB;• Carry out analysis that will provide evidence on which to base the content of national programmes • Manage UK representation in international R&D fora e.g. Euratom.