Nuclear Reactors

Baroness Featherstone Excerpts

Monday 23rd May 2016 Lords Chamber

[Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth]

As I indicated, there has been strong interest, with 38 expressions of interest. It is indeed the Government’s intention to take this forward, which we are doing.

[Baroness Featherstone (LD)]

My Lords, the creation of a series of small nuclear reactors across Britain would give rise to a multiplicity of potential new terrorist targets. What plans do the Government have to limit this threat, including scaling up the civil nuclear police force?

[Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth]

My Lords, nuclear security is central to the Government’s concerns. Obviously, that informs all the policy that we are putting forward in relation to small modular reactors, their siting and taking forward the dialogues that we will have with those eligible out of the 38 expressions of interest.