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Lancaster University has created a new chair in nuclear decommissioning. The chair is supported by the Lloyd's Register Educational Trust, a charity that funds advances in transportation, science, engineering and technological education.

The trust has agreed funding for the chair of ?755,000 over five years amid concerns that the nuclear industry is suffering a shortage of suitably qualified staff, and will require up to 1,000 new graduates a year for the next 15 years to meet the growth in nuclear clean-up.