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Midas starts Somerset nuclear school

Source: http://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/

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