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Nuclear Power: Cumbria

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Question for Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

UIN 125513, tabled on 17 January 2023

Question

Dr Neil Hudson
Conservative
Penrith and The Border
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to support the development of the nuclear energy sector in Cumbria.

Answer

Graham Stuart
Conservative
Beverley and Holderness
Commons

Answered on

20 January 2023

The Department directly funds or has contracts with a number of nuclear establishments in Cumbria, including the National Nuclear Laboratory and the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA). A recent report found that NDA’s subsidiaries Sellafield Ltd and Nuclear Waste Services’ core sites in Cumbria contributed £1.3bn GVA across the local economy and supported 21,650 jobs.

The Government is taking action to support the development of the UK nuclear sector and has committed to setting up Great British Nuclear, which will be tasked with developing a resilient pipeline of new build projects. The Government is investing in nuclear, including through backing Sizewell C with £700 million, the launch of the Future Nuclear Enabling Fund and the Nuclear Fuel Fund.

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