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A UK ambition for nuclear to account for at least 25% of the country’s electricity by 2050 will need optimised processes. ITI Group works to provide the critical asset intelligence to ensure all critical systems work in unison


Dominic Murphy, CEO, ITI Group


THE ITI GROUP HAS BEEN QUIETLY delivering technology services for critical infrastructure projects in the nuclear energy sector for over half a century. The company is trusted to work with nuclear power generation businesses, helping ensure that the technology works seamlessly with the facility in terms of control, management, cyber security, operational efficiency and above all safety. ITI Group operates in a number of sectors including oil and gas, utilities and manufacturing. Its core expertise is securely unifying the critical plant assets and infrastructure through technology, allowing greater visibility of critical infrastructure, ensuring safe and optimised operations, but also how data can be extracted, managed and provide real-world insights to operators and engineers.


What is the nuclear opportunity and why now? The UK’s civil nuclear sector has been on a downward trajectory through a severe lack of investment in recent decades. Nuclear power accounted for 27% of the UK’s electricity generation in the mid-1990s which has fallen to around 15% today. The Civil Nuclear Roadmap 2050 aims to reverse this decline with the ambition that nuclear will account for at least 25% of the country’s electricity by 2050. It is expected the demand for electricity will double by 2035 and treble by 2050. Due to ongoing geopolitical instability increasing in recent


years, the government acknowledges the crucial importance of the nuclear industry to national security, covering both energy supply and defence. The Civil Nuclear Roadmap confirms the strategic integration between civil and defence nuclear ambitions and it was this synergy and opportunity for integration that was highlighted in the recommendations published in November 2025 by the independent Nuclear Regulatory Review. The independent taskforce’s report details the critical need for a comprehensive overhaul of the UK’s nuclear regulatory system. Specifically, the taskforce recommends that the Defence Nuclear Safety Regulator (DNSR) should be merged with the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) in order to reduce duplication, improve resource allocation and enhance technical capability.


What role does a Systems Integrator play? A systems integrator provides technology solutions that help keep assets operational and provide real time data in order to manage, make more informed decisions and make the facilities work. Buildings are essentially an ‘analogue shell’ and ITI Group works with industrial businesses to provide the intelligence to control and monitor critical assets and ensure all the systems work in unison, whether that be machine


control, cyber security, radiological and fire detection and safety systems. Critically, it is the data from these systems that can be monitored in real-time or analysed to provide better intelligence to optimise processes. ITI Group currently works with EDF on both their current


generation fleet and new build projects at Hinkley Point C, Sellafield and the wider NDA estate on the operational technology aspects of the sites. As an expert in digital transformation programs the company has already established expertise in nuclear energy development projects in not only the running of the facilities, but also the design and development using simulation models and digital twins. For the SMR roadmap rollout, this kind of design and development work will be completely digital as the initial digital simulation of the facility underpins complex decisions. In November, the ITI Group completed the acquisition


of nuclear engineering services specialist Noveum. The acquisition strengthens ITI Group’s civil and defence nuclear capabilities and boosts capacity with a significant number of additional Suitably Qualified and Experienced Personnel (SQEP). Talent is fast becoming the major hurdle and the industry needs to invest in the next generation to help us achieve our nuclear ambitions. A recent NIA report highlighted that there are now approximately 100,000 people employed in the nuclear sectors and it will consistently require more. So, with a renewed appetite for investment in nuclear,


coupled with the opportunity to streamline the planning processes and to align the strategically important civil nuclear and defence sectors more closely, the UK is well placed to become one of the preeminent nuclear superpowers once more. ■


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Above: ITI Group team at EDF Heysham Turbine Hall. L- R: Ben Pyne, Sales Director - Energy & Nuclear, Dominic Murphy, CEO and Jason Roper, Senior Project Manager, ITI Group Major Projects.


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