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 DemocratThornbury 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 Shanks
GBE-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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