Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 84546

Small Modular Reactors: Newcleo

Tabled: 22 October 2025
Answered: 31 October 2025

Question

Blake Stephenson

ConservativeMid Bedfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact for his policies of Newcleo’s decision not to provide funding for clear reactors in the UK.

Answer

Michael Shanks
As set out at the Spending Review, the Government’s policy is to develop a new framework for privately-led advanced nuclear projects to be published shortly. The framework will have a new role for Great British Energy – Nuclear assessing proposals, with t...

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