NIRO Reports
NIRO Publications
Advanced Modular Reactors Technical Assessment
In this paper NIRO assessed the most promising advanced modular reactor technologies, to identify what technology could support the Government objective of hitting net zero by 2050.
UK Nuclear Fission R&D Catalogue: Facilities, Equipment and Capabilities
This catalogue was produced following a NIRAB recommendation that Government should commission a catalogue of UK civil nuclear research facilities and capabilities. For this catalogue NIRO has collated and built on existing information on UK civil nuclear facilities, with the intent to provide a comprehensive list of all equipment, capabilities, updated contacts for users and access requirements.
NIRO Nuclear Innovation Programme Summary Brochure
At Spending Review 2015, government committed to invest in an ambitious nuclear research and development programme named the ‘Nuclear Innovation Programme’ forming part of the wider Energy Innovation Programme. The Nuclear Innovation Programme ran from 2016 to 2022, supporting innovation to deliver cost effective solutions contributing to a decarbonised energy supply, economic growth, and jobs in the UK energy sector and its supply chain. This brochure, provides an insight into the areas of work undertaken and how technology and innovation in the nuclear sector has been enhanced by the programme.