Andrew Bowie

Andrew Bowie

Conservative — West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine

Speaking in the House of Commons on 17 December 2024

Debate

Energy Security

Contribution

In the clean power 2030 document published last week, the Government state that they are “progressing the post-2030 generation interventions, with final decisions on Sizewell C and the Great British Nuclear-led Small Modular Reactor programme”, but no date is specified for the final investment decision on Sizewell, no date is specified for completion of the down-selection SMR process, there is no indication of a route to market for advanced modular or other technologies, and there is no mention of Wylfa at all. So is it any wonder that the nuclear industry holds a suspicion that this Government are not serious about nuclear, that the damascene conversion to nuclear power professed by the Secretary of State is a false one and that, for the Government, it is renewables at any cost and the exclusion of everything else?

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