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Midas starts Somerset nuclear school

1 Feb 17 Midas Construction has started work on the southern hub of the National College for Nuclear.

CGI of the National College for Nuclear (NCfN) southern hub
CGI of the National College for Nuclear (NCfN) southern hub

The National College for Nuclear (NCfN) is being developed to support the specialist training needs of the nuclear industry. The £6.2m southern hub is being built at Bridgwater & Taunton College’s Cannington Centre to support the training requirements of the nearby Hinkley Point power station.

The northern hub of the NCfN is being built in Workington, Cumbria, near Sellafield. 

The NCfN will develop the UK’s nuclear curriculum, designing new qualifications and training courses that are attractive to learners and meet specific industry needs, it is envisaged that it will train more than 7,000 people by 2020. The NCfN southern hub is due to take its first students in 2017.

When complete, the southern hub will feature a pair of new buildings connected with an enclosed link bridge, with one building housing a two-storey training centre and the second a two-storey welfare and recreation facility.

Midas chief executive Alan Hope said: “The need to develop a skilled workforce and supply chain to support the development of Hinkley has been rightly recognised as of huge importance to the long term success of the project itself and the wider regional economy.

“So we are delighted and very proud to be delivering this flagship scheme which will bring through a new generation of highly skilled people, trained here in Somerset, and working at one of the biggest projects the UK has embarked on for many years.”

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