Increasing knowledge
The scientific and engineering advances
that RAIN will deliver will inform and benefit
national and international research efforts.
Creating jobs
More than half of the UK's nuclear
workforce is expected to retire before
2025. Consequently, there is an urgent
need to attract more people into
the sector.
RAIN will provide comprehensive
training for more than 25 post-doctoral
researchers and many associated PhD
students. Furthermore, large numbers of
undergraduate and post graduate students
will be made aware of the challenges
and opportunities offered by the nuclear
industry through individual and group
research projects.
The programme's overall objectives are to
lower costs within the nuclear industry,
reduce timescales, reduce risk, improve
safety, promote remote inspection and
reduce the chances of human exposure
to radiation and other hazards. Once
developed, the technologies that will help
to realise these objectives are to form the
foundation of a world-leading robotic and
AI research and innovation ecosystem.
