Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 80573

Radioactive Waste: Transport

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025

Question

Graham Leadbitter

Scottish National PartyMoray West, Nairn and Strathspey

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the routes used to transport nuclear waste within the UK; and if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of his Department's polici

Answer

Michael Shanks
Nuclear waste is transported in the UK via road, rail, and sea using specially designed, secure containers that meet stringent international safety standards. The government takes the security of nuclear material very seriously. Nuclear waste transports o...

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