Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 75313

Nuclear Fuels

Tabled: 4 September 2025

Answered: 12 September 2025

Question

Ben Obese-Jecty

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy, CP 1337, published on 23 June 2025, what progress he has made on building the world’s first commercial scale High Assay Low Enriched Ura

Answer

Michael Shanks

The UK’s £300m HALEU programme will be the first commercial scale capability outside of Russia and is due to deliver in the early 2030s.The programme is already underway with site preparation work having commenced on the £196 million enrichment project at...

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