Rolls-Royce
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Contents
Affiliations
Nuclear
- AMEC
- Areva
- China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group
- Energy Industries Club
- Hitachi
- Nuclear Research and Development Advisory Board
- UK Ministry of Defence
People
- Professor Richard Parker: Director of Research and Technology, Rolls-Royce is a member of the UK government's ad hoc Nuclear Research and Development Advisory Board
Lobbyists
- Helen Kennett - Director of Government Relations [1]
Secondments
In February 2013, NuclearSpin.org revealed that Rolls-Royce had seconded an employee to the Department for Energy and Climate Change. As the head of ‘new nuclear capabilities and removing barriers’ at DECC, Sophie Macfarlane-Smith is responsible for 'enhancing the capability' of the UK's 'new nuclear supply chain and skills'. DECC says it meets her salary cost and makes sure there could be no conflict of interest.[2]
Joint nuclear work
In September 2013 Rolls-Royce joined forces with Russian atomic energy operator Rosatom and Finnish utility Fortum to explore building and operating VVER nuclear power plants in the UK. Rosatom has worked closely with Rolls-Royce since the two companies signed a memorandum of understanding in 2011. The three companies will work together on preparation for a VVER reactor generic design assessment (GDA) and assessing opportunities for licensing of a nuclear power plant construction site in the UK.
To facilitate the work, on 5 September 2013 Rosatom and the UK's Department of Energy and Climate Change signed a Memorandum of cooperation in Moscow at a meeting between Rosatom’s Director General, Sergey Kirienko and UK Minister of State for Energy of the Department for Energy and Climate Change, Michael Fallon. At the same time, Rolls-Royce signed a contract with Rosatom which will see Rolls Royce carry out engineering and safety assessment work on Rosatom’s VVER technology ahead of its potential entry in the GDA process.
World Nuclear News reported that Fallon welcomed the agreements signed by the three companies, adding that all reactor technologies adopted in the UK must meet the “stringent and independent” regulatory standards required in the UK and the EU.
Contact
- Address:65 Buckingham Gate,
- London SW1E 6AT
- Website: www.rolls-royce.com
Resources
Notes
- ↑ UK Public Affairs Council, Period 1 September 2011 to 30 November 2011
- ↑ Richard Cookson, Nuclear industry secondments to Government departments responsible for policy and regulation, Spinwatch, 22 February 2013
