Nuclear

Furness companies are involved in the:

• Civil nuclear power industry
• Defence nuclear industry
• Civil nuclear decommissioning

You can see in the video how we assemble and deliver nuclear powered submarines to the Royal Navy.

Barrow in Furness is the only place in the UK where there has been a continuing programme of assemmbly test and commissioning of nuclear reactors for ove 45 years.

The principal companies operating in these industries are:

• BAE SYSTEMS - nuclear submarine building and support
• BNG - nuclear fuel transport from the Ramsden Dock Barrow shipping terminal
• James Fisher - decommissioning and nuclear fuel transport

A number of smaller firms also service these industries examples include Handmark Engineering, SES, FETL.

See the New Reactor Assessment from the HSE here.