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Hard to believe that by October, unless the government intervenes, The University of Sheffield is planning to slash the strength of the Nuclear AMRC research team to just 29 people and absorb them into the AMRC which has no deep experience or understanding of the unique world of nuclear power generation, being focused largely on aerospace. Prof Geraint Jewell who is leading the “change process” for the The University of Sheffield has indicated that the transferring staff will not be known as the Nuclear AMRC — which is ironic given that government will hold an imminent competition for the manufacturer of a FOAK small modular reactor. He has also indicated that the Nuclear AMRC’s industrial partners will not automatically transfer to the AMRC, leaving many to wonder what will happen to their existing projects, or those planned for the future. Now is the time for Oliver Coppard to show leadership and urge a change of heart to retain this invaluable R&D asset for Rotherham and Sheffield. Oliver has already nailed his colours to clean tech and advanced manufacturing: he must know the loss of this asset, either through closure or migration to another region, would be a serious loss for South Yorkshire. Government net zero ministers and officials are asking “what is happening in Sheffield”? It is a good question to which few plausible answers have yet been provided in the public domain. The silence of Kath Bennett, CEO at the High Value Manufacturing Catapult, which funds the Nuclear AMRC, should sound alarm bells within Innovate UK who pour hundreds of millions in taxpayers’ money into the Catapult network. Many will also ask why Steve Foxley, CEO of the AMRC, has so willingly gone along with the closure of a fellow Catapult member and the loss of so many talented people. The answer is simple. Despite his title and his salary being funded by the Catapult, Steve is more a HoD than a CEO. The real boss is none other than Geraint Jewell who reports to the ultimate decision maker, Koen Lamberts. Fee paying Industrial partners have no say in the matter. Huge opportunity here for Oliver Coppard and the likes of Lord Hunt to make the case for putting industry — the wealth creators— in the driving seat of the High Value Manufacturing Catapult

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Lighthouse example how to reduce complexity and increase instrument utilization in a connected lab. And the power of benchtops for prescreening… and of course a very nice piece of software. Kudos to the team.

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