Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 7583

Nuclear Reactors: Renewable Fuels

Tabled: 7 October 2024
Answered: 10 October 2024
Named Day

Question

Andrew Griffith

ConservativeArundel and South Downs

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to support the development of nuclear reactors which make use of re-processed fuels.

Answer

Michael Shanks
The decision of whether or when to reprocess spent fuel is a matter for the owner of the spent fuel. Whilst industrial scale reprocessing of spent fuels in the UK has ended, the value of the UK’s nuclear fuel cycle knowledge and skills base is recognised,...

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