Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 24987

Nuclear Power Stations: Migrant Workers

Tabled: 20 January 2025
Answered: 28 January 2025

Question

Nick Timothy

Conservative — West Suffolk

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2024 to Question 20338 on Nuclear Power Stations: Migrant Workers, what his Department's definition is of critical systems for nuclear power plants.

Answer

Michael Shanks
DESNZ defines critical systems as any function (an aggregation of operational technology, information and specific areas within a civil nuclear installation) that is critical to preventing the theft or sabotage of nuclear material.