On 9th - 16th September 2007 UK-Russia Closed Nuclear Cities Partnership organised a study tour to the UK on the theme of "Commercialisation of Science and Technology and the Formation of Successful Businesses" for leaders of nuclear weapons institutes and enterprises, City Administrations and Business Support Agencies.

The tour included visits to Isis Innovation Ltd. (Oxford), CCLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratories (Harwell), the Health Protection Agency (Salisbury), Ploughshare Innovations, Porton Down Science Park, Portsmouth City Council, VT Shipbuilding. The study tour group heard presentations on how the UK has developed effective processes in its Universities and Government Research Laboratories to commercialise technologies with market potential leading to the establishment of successful new enterprises, and how cities faced with significant economic threats have designed strategies to build on their strengths and attract new investment.