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EVENT: Delivering National Digital Infrastructure- Nuclear Future Leaders Roundtable
Event Date: TBC This roundtable is the second in the series, attended by future leaders within the nuclear sector. The event is focused on the governance of evolving digital infrastructure within the nuclear sector. The first in the series was held in London 2019...
WHITE PAPER: Transforming digital twins into digital products that thrive in the real world.
NVEC partner the Virtual Engineering Centre, part of the University of Liverpool, has published a new white paper exploring the factors influencing the development of digital twins and why interoperability is a key consideration as the technology matures. Professor...
EVENT: Nuclear Institute’s Digital SIG: Special Interest Group Meeting
Date: 8th December 2020 Times: 10: 00 am -12: 30 pm The meeting will hear an update from two key ‘digital’ projects currently being funded by the BEIS Nuclear Innovation Programme (NIP); the first from Jacobs on Nuclear Virtual Engineering Capability (NVEC) and the...
Jacobs Completes Acquisition of Wood Nuclear Business
Powering innovation and skills across the global nuclear asset lifecycle Jacobs has completed its acquisition of Wood Nuclear, part of John Wood Group, for an enterprise value of approximately £250 million ($325 million). The transaction enhances Jacobs' credentials...
VEC in the news
We've had some fantastic coverage for our collaborative, industry-leading Nuclear Virtual Engineering Capability programme – creating an integrated digital architecture of the future.Recent NVEC coverage: Liverpool City Region firm lands major contract for next phase...
University’s VEC to partner in Phase 2 of UK nuclear research programme
The University of Liverpool and the Virtual Engineering Centre (VEC) have been awarded a contract to support a key UK government nuclear research programme led by Wood, the global project, engineering and technical services company. The £3.6 million project, funded by...
Wood appointed to lead key component of UK government nuclear research programme
Wood has been appointed by the UK government to lead the second phase of a ground-breaking nuclear research programme. Under a $4.6 million contract from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), experts from industry and academia will use...
A successful year for the DRD project
2018 was a successful year for the DRD project, with members of our team invited to showcase at a number of key industry events. These included: M Bankhead, Invited Talk, ‘Digital Reactor Design’ ORNL seminar, 12th February 2018 A Kyrieleis, D Allen, ‘The Digital...
The University of Liverpool leads the way in defining a new framework for Digital Nuclear Reactor Design
The University of Liverpool’s Virtual Engineering Centre (VEC) has been appointed as the academic lead partner in a £2.9M research programme to set up and run a UK Digital Reactor Design partnership. Supported by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial...
Amec Foster Wheeler to lead new UK nuclear power research initiative
Amec Foster Wheeler announces today that it has been appointed by the UK government to lead a key nuclear power research programme. Under a £2.9 million contract from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), Amec Foster Wheeler will set up...