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statement on the Nuclear Sector Deal
(Erewash) (Con): I
too welcome today’s announcement. Will the Minister do whatever
he can to back the new industrial research and development
advanced manufacturing research centre site planned for Derby’s
Infinity Park, located alongside the global headquarters for
Rolls-Royce, which already leads the way in small modular
reactors?
The Minister for Universities, Science, Research and
Innovation (Mr Sam Gyimah): Part of the way to achieve
success in this area, and indeed in most other areas of science,
is to have clusters around the country. Part of the industrial
strategy is to ensure that where such clusters exist, support is
available for them to be successful, as with the one in Derby
that my hon. Friend mentions.
Extract from Commons
debate on Improving Air Quality
(Erewash)
(Con):...We have heard from the hon. Member for
Nottingham South (Lilian Greenwood) of some of the initiatives
that Nottingham city is taking, and I want to add a few items to
that list. The University of Nottingham, in partnership with
firms such as Rolls-Royce, is leading the way in R&D of
cleaner, greener, more efficient engines. The university is also
gaining a new £23 million research facility to drive
breakthroughs in treatment and diagnosis of serious diseases,
including respiratory conditions.
To return to Derby, the construction of a new nuclear advanced
manufacturing research centre in Derby, which I mentioned during
the urgent question today, would enable further research and
development into clean energy, as the UK looks to civil nuclear
as a way of securing its power needs for the future. That would
include exploring the viability of small modular reactors; as
mentioned earlier, Rolls-Royce is leading the way in that as
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