Nuclear Reactors
(asked on 20th March 2023) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment has he made of the potential benefits to UK (a) defence and (b) industrial capability of utilising microreactor technologies for defence tasks.
This question was answered on 24th March 2023
The Ministry of Defence is considering potential use cases for micro nuclear reactors in defence. There is obvious potential as both a low carbon, high density energy source and one that can offer new operational freedoms from a traditional fossil fuel supply chain. No Ministry of Defence funding has yet been allocated to defence industry for research and development of this technology.