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<p>Total funding in the Nuclear Sector Deal – from both the Government and industry
– is £204 million, of which £172 million is from the Government. Publicly committed
Government funds to date are approximately £113 million, with further announcements
being considered. Good progress has been made on the Sector Deal, including:</p><p>
</p><p>- Publication of a National Decommissioning and Waste Management Pipeline inJune
2019.</p><p>- Up to £16 million in research and development grants for advanced manufacturing,
awarded in November 2019.</p><p>- Support from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund
to a Rolls-Royce-led UK consortium to develop a Small Modular Reactor, announced in
November 2019.</p><p>- Publication of a Nuclear Sector Gender Roadmap and Gender Commitment
in December 2019.</p>
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