Energy Magazine November 2014 | Page 53

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looking at how to pair small firms who want to work on upcoming projects around the country with industry professionals .
The ndA has set itself the challenge of increasing its SME content from 11 percent to 20 percent and is making good progress already .
Ensuring there are people with the right skills coming into the industry is imperative – not only to deal with decommissioning , but in addition we will need 25,000 people for the new build project at Hinkley Point C .
The NIA has recently launched regeneration , a project to increase young people ’ s knowledge of the nuclear sector so they are aware of the breadth of opportunities available .

“ In the next 10 years or so all the UK ’ s current nuclear power stations will be at the end of their life ”

– Keith Parker
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