Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 120670

Nuclear Power Stations: Scotland

Tabled: 13 March 2026
Answered: 23 March 2026

Question

Graeme Downie

LabourDunfermline and Dollar

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will publish the most recent assessment he has made of the potential of (i) Torness and (ii) Hunterston to host new nuclear power.

Answer

Michael Shanks
In autumn 2025, Great British Energy - Nuclear (GBE-N) was commissioned by Department Ministers to assess Scotland’s potential for new nuclear power, including around areas that have previously hosted nuclear stations, such as Torness and Hunterston. GBE-...

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