Nuclear Submarines

(asked on 1st February 2022) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Government plans to establish nuclear reactors to power the new nuclear submarines referred to in the AUKUS agreement; and what role the Government plans to have in the provision of those submarines.


Answered by
Jeremy Quin Portrait
Jeremy Quin
This question was answered on 4th February 2022

Nuclear powered submarines use an on-board nuclear reactor as a power source. AUKUS is a complex, long term project, and the trilateral 18-month programme of work is the first step in the process to identify potential opportunities and interdependencies with the UK submarine programme.

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