£50m fund will boost UK nuclear fuel projects, ministers say

Britain seeks to convert recycled uranium, a capability not currently available outside Russia

A 50m nuclear fuel fund to bolster production in the UK and support development of alternatives to Russian supply opens for applications on Monday, the business department has announced.

The fund forms part of a nuclear fuel investment package of up to 75m, of which up to 13m has already been awarded to the nuclear fuel fabricators Westinghouse in Preston, helping the company develop conversion capability for reprocessed uranium and freshly mined uranium.