Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 80574

Radioactive Waste: Transport

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 the annual security costs are of nuclear waste transport within the UK; and if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of his Department's policies on those costs.

Answer

Michael Shanks

The Government does not publish the specific security costs of nuclear waste transport on the grounds of national security. The transportation of nuclear waste materials is long-established and has an excellent safety and security record. Nuclear waste tr...

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