Nuclear industry employment hits 20 year high

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Artist impression of SMR facility | Credit: Rolls Royce
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Artist impression of SMR facility | Credit: Rolls Royce

There are 77,000 civil nuclear jobs but NIA warns this figure must triple of government is to deliver 24 GW of nuclear by 2050

Employment in the nuclear industry has been boosted by new projects and developments and grown to its highest level in at least 20 years, according to the latest figures from the Nuclear Industry Association's...

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