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The two-day event on September 21 and 22 will attract movers and shakers from across the sector and highlight the opportunities – and challenges – to businesses arising from the new nuclear plant at Sellafield.

Speakers confirmed include NuGen chief executive Tom Samson, energy minister Andrea Leadsom, the former defence secretary and Barrow MP Lord Hutton, and John Clarke, chief executive of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority.

Carlisle MP John Stevenson has organised the event. He said: “Nuclear is a big opportunity for Cumbria – that much is widely recognised.

“But how we do maximise the benefits for the county? That’s what the conference will address. We need to raise awareness of the opportunities.”…….

NuGen – a partnership between Toshiba of Japan and the French energy company ENGIE – has plans to build three Westinghouse AP1000 reactors…….NuGen is due to make a final decision on whether to proceed with the Moorside project in 2018 and had hoped to start construction two years later and have the first reactor on stream by 2024, although it now says the target date has slipped to 2025……

The conference will open with a dinner at the Halston Aparthotel on the Wednesday night, followed by the main event at Carlisle Racecourse the next day. http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/business/Carlisle-to-host-two-day-Cumbria-Nuclear-Conference-97e97423-62b0-47af-bfc5-e6724830a258-ds