A new generation of nuclear power stations has been given the go-ahead by the government - but where are the scientists and engineers to build and run them?

Inside Sellafield nuclear power plant, past the police checks and the barbed wire fences, 26-year-old Gemma Johnson is hard at work in one of the plant's high-security laboratories.

Surrounded by test tubes and bubbling liquids, she is carrying out research aimed at improving the way radioactive waste is treated.

Gemma is one of the much-needed qualified scientists joining the nuclear industry after years of declining recruit numbers. ... Read full article