Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 80570
Radioactive Waste: Storage
Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025
Question
Graham Leadbitter
Scottish National Party — Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of long-term storage costs of nuclear waste; and if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of his Department's policies on those costs.
Answer
Michael ShanksNuclear power is central to our ambitions for clean energy and to meet our net zero commitments. It is therefore important that we have in place effective plans to manage the associated wastes that arise from nuclear operations. Approximately 94% of nucle...
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