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Nuclear Power

Question for Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

UIN HL10884, tabled on 30 November 2020

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to their Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution, published on 18 November, what criteria they intend to use to assess the value for money of potential large-scale new nuclear projects.

Answered on

14 December 2020

The Government consulted on a Regulated Asset Base as a possible funding model for new nuclear projects. The consultation set out a proposed test to assess value for money for consumers and taxpayers.

The Government’s response to the consultation was published on 14 December 2020 and is available at the GOV.UK website.

Answered by

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy