KNOO is a four-year initiative set-up to address the challenges related to increasing the safety, reliability and sustainability of nuclear power. Through collaboration between the key industrial and governmental stakeholders and international partners, KNOO has been established to maintain and develop skills relevant to nuclear power generation. Funded through the “Towards a Sustainable Energy Economy Programme” of Research Councils UK, it represents the single largest commitment to fission reactor research in the United Kingdom for more than thirty years.

The £6.1million programme will consider issues such as how nuclear reactor systems function, how reactors are monitored and how the issue of reactor waste should be approached. The programme will also begin to address the acute shortage of people with the scientific and engineering background required to pursue a career in nuclear electricity generation, therefore keeping the nuclear option open. For information on the people involved with the knoo programme, click here.