Programme
The Nuclear Virtual Engineering Capability (NVEC) is a Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) funded programme and is part of a UK government research initiative with the aim of developing a platform which through collaborative working across the supply chain and lifecycle will:
- Further develop the Phase 1 integrated digital framework to support future nuclear reactor build, from design through to decommissioning
- Provide infrastructures and architecture to enable users across the nuclear life cycle to collaborate between sites, operate digital twins, integrate analysis codes and computer-aided design, provide innovative solutions to manage ‘big data’, and ultimately to achieve real economic benefits through nuclear virtual engineering
- Support the establishment of a strong UK nuclear manufacturing and materials supply chain
- Demonstrate benefits in innovative, collaborative networks, economic cost savings, accuracy, safety and reliability
- Help to ensure that the UK has a secure and resilient energy system while keeping energy bills as low as possible
Phase 2
The project aims are to demonstrate that NVEC can:
- Utilise real project applications
- Demonstrate improved efficiency
- Enable supply chain collaboration
- Be embraced to the nuclear community
- Develop and support a user community for the future
- Position the UK as a leader in Digital Twin and Virtual Engineering
Phase 1
The aim of our phase 1 activity was to demonstrate that the concept of an Integrated Nuclear Digital Environment (INDE) is:
- feasible,
- acceptable to the nuclear community,
- sufficiently credible to develop and support a Community of Practice for the future,
- able to position the UK as leading in digital reactor design.
Partners
Working together to make the UK a world-leader in nuclear science and technology.
