Manufacturing Innovation for DecommissioningAndy Storer CEO Nuclear AMRC

13 February 2020

Our mission

To help UK companies win work in nuclear and other demanding sectors

• New build, operations, decommissioning, and defence.

• Renewable energy, oil & gas, marine, aerospace, chemicals, big science.

Improving capabilities and performance

Manufacturing innovation

• Improving cycle time and quality.

• Reducing lead time, cost and risk.

• Developing innovative techniques and technologies.

Supply chain development

• Raising quality, capability and cost competitiveness.

• Helping companies meet nuclear industry

requirements and expectations.

Nuclear AMRC,Birkenhead

Nuclear AMRC, South Yorkshire

Fit For Nuclear Companies

Nuclear AMRC,Midlands

Potential for SW Centre

Potential for NW Centre (Innovation Solutions Hub (ISH))

Menai Science Park

Nuclear AMRC: Leveraging our national reach

Industrial regeneration

Orgreave in 1994:

Start of clean-up from 150 years

of mining and coking.

Now: 100 acre Advanced

Manufacturing Park & 740 acre

Waverley community.

At the heart of advanced manufacturingWorld-leading cluster

Purpose-built 8,000m2 facility on the

Advanced Manufacturing cluster, covering:

• Nuclear

• Automotive

• Aerospace

• Medical

• Training

• Import and design - McLaren, Boeing,

Rolls-Royce and also now UKAEA

Factory 2050

Advanced Manufacturing

Park (AMP)

Modularisation

Off-site assembly of large-scale systems, transported to site for final installation.

• Techniques already used in shipbuilding, aerospace and other safety-critical industries.

• Can significantly reduce construction risk for nuclear new build.

• Decommissioning applications.

Nuclear AMRC Birkenhead facility

New centre of excellence for modular manufacturing:

• Based at Cammell Laird.

• Open to all for collaborative R&D.

• Technology transfer & innovation.

Nuclear AMRC Midlands

iHub, Infinity Park, Derby

• New capabilities in equipment

qualification, controls &

instrumentation.

• Flexible workshop to tackle

cross-sector challenges.

Proposed 5,000m2 bespoke facility

• New capabilities to deliver

maximum impact for industry

Core technology themes

• Machining technologies

• Joining technologies

• Additive & near-net shape forming

• Automation & digitalisation

• Control & instrumentation

• Analysis & simulation

• Product & process verification

• Materials, corrosion & thermal engineering

• Codes & standards

• EC&I

• Modules

Our impactProductivity step change from R&D:

• Working with Sellafield to improve manufacturing process of waste

containers

• Showed Westinghouse UK manufacturers can cut production for SMR

pressure vessel by 50%.

• Worked with Rolls-Royce to reduce assembly time for heat exchanger

units by up to 80%.

Sector Role:

• Nuclear Sector Deal co-authored and now working on detail

• SMRs/AMRs we have MoU’s with all developers

• Fusion Development

• Export we work closely with DIT on missions NIS Ltd

Stainless Metalcraft

BUT WE CAN DO MORE…..

Simple – Single Manufacturing Platform Environment

VisionSingle-platform manufacturing for large nuclear components.

First phase R&DProof of concept technology demonstrator –integrated welding & monitoring tool, with range of sensor technologies.

Inform – Intelligent Fixtures for Optimised & Radical Manufacturing

VisionAdvanced techniques to halve the cost and time of production for large complex nuclear components.

First phase R&DInitial development of key technologies:

•Local vacuum electron beam welding.

•Machining from scan data.

•Supercritical coolants

•Intelligent fixturing.

•Forging.

•Digital monitoring.

Supply chain development – Fit For Nuclear (F4N)Test and develop your nuclear readiness

• Free online diagnostic

• Site visit - expert analysis and action plan

•Ongoing support from experts

• Supported by industry top tier

• Launched 2011, continually developed

• Typically takes 12–18 months.

• Support through every step, but demands commitment from senior managementRecognised industry hallmark

• c1000 companies engaged

•Over 650 companies taken online assessment.

• c350 developed action plan.

•130 granted F4N – namrc.co.uk/services/f4n/companies

F4EFit for Energy

F4ORFit for Offshore

Renewables

Civil Nuclear Sharing in Growth

Intensive business development for key suppliers (2013–17)

• Four-year programme to give sustained competitive advantage.

• Shopfloor manufacturing improvement.

• Leadership development, skills & training.

• Nuclear knowledge.

Impact

• £529 million of new contracts won.

• Created or sustained 6,311 jobs.

• Committed £52.5 million of additional private sector investment.

• Winner of NDA Supply Chain award

• Ansaldo Nuclear

• Goodwin International

• Hayward Tyler

• IMI Truflo Marine

• James Fisher Nuclear

• NIS

• Stainless Metalcraft

• TSP Engineering

Remote handling and size reduction

Supporting companies to review, assess,

simulate and trial remote handling and size

reduction solutions.

• Robotic milling test facility

• Multi-axes industrial robots to meet

different demands

• Simulation and modelling capabilities

• Multiple software packages to meet

various simulation tasks

• Sensor and instrumentation capabilities

• Can support development of novel sensor

for safety case support

Summary

The Nuclear AMRC will support UK based companies to improve their

competitiveness to win work in the decommissioning sector in the United Kingdom

and internationally.

Questions?

Thank you

web: namrc.co.uk

email: enquiries@namrc.co.uk

tel: 0114 222 9900

Twitter:@NuclearAMRC