Managing Ageing Nuclear Assets & Decommissioning 2026

Summary

This conference will address both the challenges of maintaining nuclear assets beyond their intended lifecycle and the process of decommissioning, including planning, current state evaluation, services procurement, and funding.

Nuclear decommissioning is one of the most complex and high-stakes industries in the country, managing and dismantling decades-old nuclear facilities. The NDA estimates that the fully clean up of the UK’s civil nuclear legacy will take more than 100 years and cost over £130 billion.

In order to inform and support engineers involved, this conference will provide a key forum to share the latest regulatory and technical developments, together with insights, successes and lessons learned from in-service, life extension and decommissioning projects at nuclear sites in the UK and abroad.

Join this dedicated engineering community and get the guidance and best practice you need to better assess and manage your organisation's assets whist responding to the meeting operational, legal and budgetary requirements.

Co-located with the Asset Management 2026 conference

Taking place at the same time, this year's Asset Management conference will continue discussions around common challenges and share successful strategies for managing engineering assets, with examples and lessons learned drawn from across multiple industries.

Join to get access to the presentations, insights, and discussions taking place across both events and maximise your learning and networking opportunities at these two events.

Who should attend?

All engineers involved in the management, maintenance, planning and procurement of nuclear assets should join and benefit from this event, including:

• Nuclear, maintenance, reliability managers, asset, and field service
• Safety and regulatory: radiation, assessor, hazards, risk, and compliance
• Site inspections, NDT/NDE, quality assurance, and maintenance
• Technology, project, and asset change managers
• Robotics and Artificial Intelligence (AI), materials, controls and instrumentation
• Fuel procurement, storage and transportation
• Nuclear and radioactive waste specialists
• Nuclear site decommissioning strategists, site holders, and inspectors

How will I benefit?

• Secure ageing plants nuclear assets integrity while complying to the latest guidelines
• Gain direct insights into decommissioning best practices, strategic planning and funding cycles
• Benefit from cross-sector learning and practical experiences of asset management from other high hazard industries
• Overcome technical challenges such as material degradation, component obsolescence, safety assessments, decommissioning and waste management
• Avoid projects risk delays, budget overruns and regulatory intervention
• Face to face networking with the key industry players and regulatory bodies to keep up to date with system changes current guidance
• Be part of the solution to overcome skilled people shortage and address the challenges of competing with new nuclear and other sectors

Key topics

• Asset integrity for operating plants: Address challenges for effective testing, fault detection, maintenance and repair works to maintain and increase efficiency.
• Maintaining non-operational assets: ensure equipment scheduled for decommissioning does not fail prior to the start of work.
• Life extension for existing installations: understand and reduce the risks associated with pushing assets beyond their planned lifetimes.
• Understand your regulatory obligations for ageing assets: how does current legislation impact equipment designed decades earlier and how can you meet these requirements in a cost-effective manner to ensure a return on investment.
• Effective planning for decommissioning: understand the issues of decommissioning generating equipment and facilities that have degraded or been allowed to fall into disrepair, together with related safety and environmental responsibilities.