Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 59289

Small Modular Reactors

Tabled: 12 June 2025
Answered: 17 June 2025
Named Day

Question

Mr Clive Betts

LabourSheffield South East

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to ensure that British suppliers are used for Government-funded small modular reactors.

Answer

Michael Shanks
Great British Energy – Nuclear (GBE-N) has selected Rolls Royce SMR as its preferred bidder to partner with to deploy the UK's first SMRs, subject to final government approvals and contract signature. Further details will follow in due course, but the gov...

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