Funding for the project comprises £15m from the Department of Business, Industry and Skills and £10m from the regional development agency Yorkshire Forward.
The NAMRC is expected to draw together some 30 high-tech manufacturing suppliers. The goal is to redevelop and re-energise an internationally recognised UK nuclear supply chain. Support for training, simulation and modelling will be provided by the National Metals Technology Centre (NAMTEC).
Rolls-Royce has said that it intends — in principle — to base a civil nuclear factory in South Yorkshire. The factory is part of an investment programme that Rolls-Royce announced in July this year, which included £45m of investment from the UK government.
Prof Keith Ridgway, research director at the AMRC, will take the role of programme director at the NAMRC.
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