Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 109670
Oldbury Power Station: Small Modular Reactors
Tabled: 29 January 2026
Answered: 6 February 2026
Question
Claire Young
Liberal Democrat — Thornbury and Yate
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact on (a) local employment and (b) economic growth in the Thornbury and Yate constituency of deploying Small Modular Reactors at t
Answer
Michael ShanksGBE-N owns the site at Oldbury-on-Severn and as a site which has previously hosted a nuclear power station, it has great potential for new nuclear. GBE-N will continue early work to evaluate the site, to ensure it is ready for future deployment. . The gov...
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