Support is provided through a number of projects aiming to improve the Front Line Command’s availability requirements by:
- Optimising the use of time in upkeep/maintenance
- Managing equipment and NRP spares to meet Submarines programmes
- Minimising NRP operating constraints
The Nuclear Propulsion Team assists the planning of Successor Nuclear Deterrent Submarine Programme through the management of technology development, concept design analysis and capability sustainment initiatives for future nuclear propulsion plants.
The Nuclear Propulsion Team is committed to doing everything it can to reduce the cost of MOD Nuclear ownership.
Head of Nuclear Propulsion, Cdre Keith Beckett is also Naval Reactor Plant Authorisee (NRPA). The role of the NRPA is to ensure safe operation of the Naval Reactor Plant at sea and for control and management of the NRP design through life.
Page updated 16 March 2011