Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 11275

Nuclear Power

Tabled: 28 October 2024
Answered: 5 November 2024

Question

Mark Garnier

ConservativeWyre Forest

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to ensure that plans to achieve a net zero power grid by 2030 include the development of technologies such as nuclear power requiring (a) longer lead times and (b) sig

Answer

Michael Shanks
The Government is committed to ensuring that new nuclear power stations, such as Sizewell C and small modular reactors (SMRs), play an important role in helping achieve energy security and clean power while securing thousands of good, skilled jobs. On 23 ...

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