Figure 1 – NANO Nuclear Energy Inc. Joins the Cambridge Nuclear Industry Club to Champion Top-Tier Education for Future Nuclear Energy Leaders.

As part of its CNIC membership, NANO Nuclear will offer Masters degree candidates at University of Cambridge real-world experience on NANO Nuclear’s projects and across its operations. Additionally, NANO Nuclear will actively recruit top talent directly from the distinguished pool of Cambridge graduates to build and support its research and development and commercial activities, such as the research of its proprietary nuclear microreactor designs, including ‘ODIN’, a state-of-the-art portable low-pressure coolant reactor in development.

“We are delighted to enhance our collaboration with the University of Cambridge, a globally esteemed institution,” said James Walker, Chief Executive Officer, and Head of Reactor Development of NANO Nuclear Energy. “We believe nuclear energy is experiencing a renaissance as governments and industry alike recognize that the sector can provide power in sustainable ways versus other power systems. As the demand for clean, safe, and consistent power rises, the nuclear energy industry must expand accordingly, necessitating a substantial recruitment drive to build the skilled workforce required for this growth. As such, NANO Nuclear and CNEC are taking joint action to train the next generation of nuclear personnel, which is essential for advancing the rapidly growing nuclear energy industry. NANO Nuclear wants to ensure it has the personnel and expertise it will need to expand its own operations and build its planned reactors, while also developing other cutting-edge technologies. It is a pleasure to join the CNIC and be part of the drive to train and inspire the next generation of nuclear leaders that can make a meaningful impact not just for the nuclear industry, but for the global energy ecosystem as well.”

As the demand for highly qualified researchers, engineers, and policy leaders grows with the resurgence of the nuclear marketplace, this educational initiative is designed to bridge the growing capability gap. CNEC seeks to offer comprehensive training at all levels, backed by existing programs. To date, the program has already produced over 170 graduates, through schemes such as its Nuclear Energy Masters and Nuclear Energy Futures Centre for Doctoral Training, with a wide range of computational, experimental, and theoretical research projects.

“The CNIC welcomes NANO Nuclear as we continue our work together to help prepare the next generation of researchers, engineers and scientists for tomorrow’s challenges,” said Prof. Ian Farnan, Director, Cambridge Nuclear Energy Centre. “Our mission has been to address the long-standing skill shortage in the industry and instill the upcoming generation with the culture of safety and technical excellence that marks the nuclear energy industry. Combined with the knowledge of where the technology fits into the energy transition and an in depth understanding of the deployment of advanced nuclear technologies, CNEC students will carry forward the expansion of nuclear energy around the world. Our graduates want to work on delivering nuclear technology for the energy transition and this is their way in.”

About Cambridge Nuclear Energy Centre (https://www.cnec.uk/)

Nuclear expertise exists across many disciplines and in many departments at Cambridge, but not in a single department. The role of Cambridge Nuclear Energy Centre is to coordinate research and teaching across the University. This research ranges from systems engineering on the integration of current nuclear energy technology into emerging electricity grids with variable inputs to the atomic scale interaction of materials with radiation that will deliver the high temperature and radiation tolerant materials for next generation reactors.

The main product of the research, in addition to technical breakthroughs, are the people who graduate from our Nuclear Energy Masters and Nuclear Energy Futures PhD programs, who will carry forward the expansion (and regulation) of nuclear energy in the UK and beyond having been immersed in a nuclear energy culture of safety and technical excellence combined with a knowledge of where the technology fits into the energy transition.