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Question for Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

UIN 125515, 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 small modular nuclear reactors in the UK.

Answer

Graham Stuart
Conservative
Beverley and Holderness
Commons

Answered on

20 January 2023

Small Modular Reactors could have an important role to play in the UK energy system as the UK transitions to net zero by 2050.

The Government has awarded £210m to support development of the Rolls Royce Small Modular Reactor (SMR) design. The Rolls-Royce SMR entered the Generic Design Assessment process in April becoming the first SMR to begin UK nuclear regulation.

As outlined in the British Energy Security Strategy, the Government intends to initiate a selection process in 2023 for the next nuclear projects, including SMRs.

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