The importance of community, supply chain, and end-user collaboration has been highlighted by one of RAICo’s most senior colleagues.
Salvador Pacheco-Gutierrez, Head of RAICo Technology, plays a pivotal role in directing, managing, and expanding technical programmes to meet the evolving needs of the Collaboration.
He provides crucial input across RAICo’s operations, as well as technical leadership for Programme contracts and work streams.
Delivering new RAI technologies to the nuclear decommissioning and fusion engineering sector is RAICo’s key goal, and Salvador is focused on achieving this objective.
He said: “We all achieve more by working as a collaborative team throughout the process – that includes RAICo technical teams, stakeholders, use case owners, and operators.
“RAICo is an end user-led collaboration. By increasing collaboration with end users on deployments, I believe we can accelerate solutions.
“This means, we can have an even greater positive impact on society and industry by implementing technology that will achieve our objectives of delivering safer, faster, and more cost-effective solutions. The technology, in turn, facilitates the removal of humans from harmful environments.”
RAICo’s work with the supply chain is set to increase further as the programmes develop.
Salvador said: “Engaging with the supply chain is extremely important, including involving organisations that have not previously had experience of working with the nuclear industry, providing them with the opportunity to work within the sector, and increasing their capabilities.”
Salvador also sees creating opportunities to increase the involvement of the University of Manchester and the RAICo Fellows in RAICo programmes as an effective route to unlocking further technological advancements.
He said: “With the University of Manchester being a key partner of RAICo, we are able to adopt new technologies quickly, adapt to change, and learn from other sectors to tackle our challenges.”
RAICo is also ideally positioned to provide opportunities to nuclear graduates, which benefits the collaboration through technological advancement while helping individuals develop their skills.
Salvador also supports RAICo’s work with the community, which has included robotics challenges in schools and colleges across West Cumbria.
He said: “One of RAICo’s aims is delivering socioeconomic impact in the region and, where appropriate, partnering with other organisations that work with schools, colleges, and other groups to help inspire people in the community.
“By starting a conversation about the positive impact of robotics and AI, we can raise awareness of exciting career opportunities that exist within the industry.”
