It has been several decades since there was a major nuclear construction programme in the UK and important specialist skills needed for building new nuclear plants have been lost in the generation gap, according to a new report. The report - 'Building Britain's Nuclear Future' - says the industry needs to invest not only to fill this gap, but also to ensure there are sufficient resources to withstand the poaching of UK skills by those economies who want to fill their skills gap quickly and are able to pay to do it. Among the report's key findings are: 1? The UK has the civil engineering skills to deliver 70% of a nuclear plant, but vital specialist skills have been lost because of the generation gap since the UK's last nuclear programme.
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