Engineering group Amec Foster Wheeler, which has significant operations across Cheshire, has signed a wide-ranging agreement with a Chinese business covering potential collaboration in the nuclear industry.

Amec Foster Wheeler and China Nuclear Engineering & Construction (Group) Corporation (CNEC) have signed a memorandum of understanding in Beijing as part of a nuclear industry trade mission organised by UK Trade & Investment and the China-Britain Business Council.

It is the first time that CNEC has agreed to collaborate with a global engineering consultancy on the deployment of high-temperature reactors in the UK and internationally.

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