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Trawsfynydd Power Station and Wylfa Power Station: Small Modular Reactors

Question for Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

UIN HL7475, tabled on 29 March 2022

To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their policy towards the construction of small modular reactors at the nuclear sites at (1) Trawsfynydd, and (2) Wylfa.

Answered on

12 April 2022

The Government notes growing local and regional interest in a number of sites for further nuclear development, including at Trawsfynydd and Wylfa. A new National Policy Statement for nuclear electricity generation infrastructure deployable after 2025 will be developed to reflect the changing policy and technology landscape for nuclear and support the transition to net zero. This will be consulted on in the usual manner, in due course.

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Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy